Map of the conterminous United States showing routes of the principal explorers from 1501 to 1844, whose work had an important bearing on the settlement of the country and the fixing of its successive boundaries

Item Overview

Title

Map of the conterminous United States showing routes of the principal explorers from 1501 to 1844, whose work had an important bearing on the settlement of the country and the fixing of its successive boundaries

Uniform title

United States map showing routes of principal explorers and early roads and highways

Creator

United States. General Land Office.
Young, J. H. (James Hamilton).
Bond, Frank. 1856-1940.
Geological Survey (U.S.).

Date Created

1983
[1956]
1856

Date

1856

Place of Origin

Philadelphia
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Reston, Va
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Publisher

U.S. Geological Survey
Published by Charles Desilver

Language

English

Collection

Henry J. Bruman Map Collection

Notes

Description

by J.H. Young.
Includes insets: Gold region of California and District of Columbia.
This map was reproduced by electronic color scanning of an earlier printing and enlarged 2x.
"The United States in 1856 as reproduced by Rand McNally & Company to commemorate its one hundredth anniversary in 1956."
Taken from Bulletin 1212, Plate 1.
Shows railroad routes proposed to the Pacific Ocean.
Longitude on top of map "West from Greenwich;" on bottom "East/West from Washington."
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1856 by Charles Desilver, in the Clerks office of the District court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
Original title: United States map showing routes of principal explorers and early roads and highways.
Printed with ornamental border.
copied from map prepared by Frank Bond, of the General Land Office, in 1907.
Facsimile.
Relief represented by hachures.

Physical Description

Extent

1 map : col. ; 38 x 65 cm.
1 map : col. ; 38 x 59 cm.

Keywords

Genre

map

Subject Geographic

United States--Maps

Location

United States

Resource type

cartographic

Subjects

Explorers--United States--Maps
1501--1844
Railroads--United States--Maps