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A map of the United States : including great portions of Missouri Territory, Upper & Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, the Florida Spanish provinces
Title
A map of the United States : including great portions of Missouri Territory, Upper & Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, the Florida Spanish provinces / by Darne[tt]y [Bea?], Woodbury.
Production
[United States], March 2d, 1835.
Physical Description
1 map : manuscript, color, mounted on linen ; 99 x 118 cm
Cartographic Detail
Scale approximately 1:3,250,000 (W 98°55'--W 65°52'/N 47°48'--N 24°09').
Notes
Relief shown by shading.
Scale estimated from measurement of degree of latitude.
Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Coordinates converted by cataloger to express longitude as measured from the Greenwich meridian.
Dampstained and heavily torn along the top. Title is faded and rubbed, making the creator's name difficult to decipher.
Has wooden rods at top and bottom.
Access and use
Restricted. Permission of curator needed for use.
Summary
Manuscript map of the United States, likely done as an educational exercise. Shows the existing states and adjacent North American colonial holdings as of 1835. Drawn and labeled in brown ink. States and territories are outlined in various colors, including red, orange, yellow, green, and blue. Border with longitude and latitude markings is colored yellwo.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 21, 2024
Subjects
Genre/Form
Manuscript maps.
Wall maps.
Also listed under
United States.
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