Map A survey of the roads of the United States of America


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Title
A survey of the roads of the United States of America
Contributor Names
Colles, Christopher, 1738-1816.
Tiebout, Cornelius, 1777-1832.
Created / Published
[New York] : Christopher Colles, 1789.
Subject Headings
-  Roads--United States--Maps--Early works to 1800
-  Roads--Middle Atlantic States--Maps--Early works to 1800
-  United States
-  United States--Middle Atlantic States
Genre
Early maps
Atlases
Notes
-  Relief shown by hachures.
-  Orientation varies.
-  Phillips, 1326
-  Maps no. 34-39 are believed to never have been engraved as they are wanting in all known copies.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  On original paper cover in manuscript ink: "Collis's plan of the roads throughout the United States."
-  Accompanied by broadside: Proposals for publishing A survey of the roads of the United States of America / by Christopher Colles (conserved and bound in, 29 x 20 cm.).
-  Additionally accompanied by manuscript title page for this atlas from the Peter Force Collection (on sheet 21 x 12 cm.) and additional page with manuscript notes by Peter Force and George H. Moore, dated 1846 (on sheet 21 x 13 cm.). These 2 sheets and exhibit card in envelope, in slipcase, housed in container with Copy 2.
-  Conserved.
Medium
1 atlas (86 [i.e. 84] leaves) : 83 maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
G1201.P2 C6 1789
G1201.P2 C6 1789 Copy 2 Vault (86 [i.e. 82] leaves) ; 23 cm. Conserved. Accompanying broadside housed in box, filed on shelf next to this copy.
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3701pm.gct00276a
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3701pm.gct00276b
Library of Congress Control Number
84675230
Online Format
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Description
Relief shown by hachures. Orientation varies. Phillips, 1326 Maps no. 34-39 are believed to never have been engraved as they are wanting in all known copies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. On original paper cover in manuscript ink: "Collis's plan of the roads throughout the United States." Accompanied by broadside: Proposals for publishing A survey of the roads of the United States of America / by Christopher Colles (conserved and bound in, 29 x 20 cm.). Additionally accompanied by manuscript title page for this atlas from the Peter Force Collection (on sheet 21 x 12 cm.) and additional page with manuscript notes by Peter Force and George H. Moore, dated 1846 (on sheet 21 x 13 cm.). These 2 sheets and exhibit card in envelope, in slipcase, housed in container with Copy 2. Conserved.
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Chicago citation style:

Colles, Christopher, and Cornelius Tiebout. A survey of the roads of the United States of America. [New York: Christopher Colles, 1789] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/84675230/. (Accessed January 20, 2018.)

APA citation style:

Colles, C. & Tiebout, C. (1789) A survey of the roads of the United States of America. [New York: Christopher Colles] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/84675230/.

MLA citation style:

Colles, Christopher, and Cornelius Tiebout. A survey of the roads of the United States of America. [New York: Christopher Colles, 1789] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/84675230/>.