new map of the United States of America

Item Overview

Title

new map of the United States of America

Creator

Young, J. H. (James Hamilton).

Date Created

[1956]
1856

Place of Origin

Philadelphia
pau

Publisher

Published by Charles Desilver

Language

English

Collection

Henry J. Bruman Map Collection

Notes

Description

Printed with ornamental border.
Facsimile.
Includes insets: Gold region of California and District of Columbia.
Shows railroad routes proposed to the Pacific Ocean.
Longitude on top of map "West from Greenwich;" on bottom "East/West from Washington."
"The United States in 1856 as reproduced by Rand McNally & Company to commemorate its one hundredth anniversary in 1956."
by J.H. Young.
Relief represented by hachures.
"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."

Physical Description

Extent

1 map : col. ; 38 x 65 cm.

Keywords

Genre

map

Subjects

Railroads--United States--Maps

Subject Geographic

United States--Maps

Location

United States

Resource type

cartographic