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Title: A map of the United States of North America
Contributor Names: Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823, cartographer.
Created / Published: London : A. Arrowsmith, Jan. 1st 1796.
Subject Headings: - United States--Maps; - United States
Genre: Early maps
Notes: - Shows few roads and has "Tennassee Government" on sheet 3.; - Relief shown by hachures.; - In lower margins: London: Published as the act directs by A. Arrowsmith, Charles Street, Soho Square, Jan. 1st, 1796.; - This is Tooley's 1796 (a) issue of the map.; - R.V. Tooley, Mapping of America, 1980, 79.; - LC Trails, 18; - Includes notes and illustration of and text about Niagara Falls.; - LC copy assembled into two sheets, sectioned in six and mounted on two pieces of cloth.; - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Medium: 1 map on 4 sheets : hand colored ; 123 x 141 cm, untrimmed sheets 67 x 82 cm
Call Number/Physical Location: G3700 1796 .A6; G3700 1796 .A6 Copy 2. Imperfect. Darkened, with losses along margins. Mounted on two pieces of cloth.
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3700.tr000018; http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3700.ct006963
Library of Congress Control Number: 2014589399
Online Format: image
Description: Shows few roads and has "Tennassee Government" on sheet 3. Relief shown by hachures. In lower margins: London: Published as the act directs by A. Arrowsmith, Charles Street, Soho Square, Jan. 1st, 1796. This is Tooley's 1796 (a) issue of the map. R.V. Tooley, Mapping of America, 1980, 79. LC Trails, 18 Includes notes and illustration of and text about Niagara Falls. LC copy assembled into two sheets, sectioned in six and mounted on two pieces of cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
LCCN Permalink: https://lccn.loc.gov/2014589399
Additional Metadata Formats: MARCXML Record; MODS Record; Dublin Core Record

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Arrowsmith, Aaron, Cartographer. A map of the United States of North America. London: A. Arrowsmith, Jan. 1st, 1802. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2014589399/. (Accessed January 20, 2018.)

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Arrowsmith, A. (1802) A map of the United States of North America. London: A. Arrowsmith, Jan. 1st. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2014589399/.

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Arrowsmith, Aaron, Cartographer. A map of the United States of North America. London: A. Arrowsmith, Jan. 1st, 1802. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/2014589399/>.

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