Map Map of the United States : exhibiting the post-roads, the situations, connexions & distances of the post-offices, stage roads, counties & principal rivers Copy 2

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • Map of the United States : exhibiting the post-roads, the situations, connexions & distances of the post-offices, stage roads, counties & principal rivers

Other Title

  • Bradley's map of the United States :

Names

  • Bradley, Abraham.
  • Caldcleugh and Thomas.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Made and sold by Caldcleugh and Thomas, [1804]

Headings

  • -  United States--Maps
  • -  Counties--United States--Maps
  • -  Post roads--United States--Maps
  • -  North America--Maps
  • -  United States
  • -  North America

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Also shows townships in parts of Maine, New York, and Indiana Territory. Illinois (not named) is shown as part of Indiana Territory.
  • -  Slipcase title and publisher's statement from printed labels affixed to slipcase.
  • -  Earliest state of the 5th ed.
  • -  Prime meridian: Washington D.C.
  • -  "Entered according to the Act of Congress the 2nd day of June 1804 by Abraham Bradley Jun'r of the District of Columbia."
  • -  Sectioned (to 36 panels) and mounted on cloth backing to fold to 23 x 17 cm.
  • -  Imperfect: Lightly foxed, worm-holed in margin, slip-case flattened.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Includes notes in map area and inset "Map of North America" (scale ca. 1:17,000,000).
  • -  Acquisitions control no.: 2002-50

Medium

  • 1 map : hand col., cloth backing ; 98 x 132 cm., folded in slipcase 24 x 18 x 3 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3700 1804 .B7
  • G3700 1804 .B7 Copy 2 Darkened, brittle, creased, with losses in margins. Sectioned in two and mounted on cloth, sheets 99 x 68 cm. Inset "Map of North America" shows the states and territories of the U.S. by hand drawn borders and hand coloring.

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2003630384

Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Bradley, Abraham, and Caldcleugh And Thomas. Map of the United States: exhibiting the post-roads, the situations, connexions & distances of the post-offices, stage roads, counties & principal rivers. [Philadelphia: Made and sold by Caldcleugh and Thomas, 1804] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003630384/.

APA citation style:

Bradley, A. & Caldcleugh And Thomas. (1804) Map of the United States: exhibiting the post-roads, the situations, connexions & distances of the post-offices, stage roads, counties & principal rivers. [Philadelphia: Made and sold by Caldcleugh and Thomas] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2003630384/.

MLA citation style:

Bradley, Abraham, and Caldcleugh And Thomas. Map of the United States: exhibiting the post-roads, the situations, connexions & distances of the post-offices, stage roads, counties & principal rivers. [Philadelphia: Made and sold by Caldcleugh and Thomas, 1804] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2003630384/>.