Map Diagram of the United States of America, Mexico, the West India Islands and Isthmus of Darien; by W. T. Steiger, General Land Office.


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Title
Diagram of the United States of America, Mexico, the West India Islands and Isthmus of Darien; by W. T. Steiger, General Land Office.
Summary
Outline map of the United States and Middle America showing proposed routes of the Pacific Rail Road and its branches in connection with the various systems of existing and unfinished rail roads from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
Contributor Names
Steiger, W. T.
United States. General Land Office.
Created / Published
Baltimore, 1854.
Subject Headings
-  Pacific Railroad
-  Railroads--North America--Maps
-  Railroads--United States--Maps
-  North America
-  United States
Notes
-  Scale ca. 1:6,000,000.
-  LC copy imperfect; northeast portion of map missing.
-  LC Railroad maps, 28
-  Description derived from published bibliography.
-  A table of distances appears to the right of the map.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Medium
col. map 73 x 94 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
G3301.P3 1854 .S7
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3301p.rr000280
Library of Congress Control Number
98688319
Online Format
image
Description
Outline map of the United States and Middle America showing proposed routes of the Pacific Rail Road and its branches in connection with the various systems of existing and unfinished rail roads from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/98688319
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Chicago citation style:

Steiger, W. T, and United States General Land Office. Diagram of the United States of America, Mexico, the West India Islands and Isthmus of Darien; by W. T. Steiger, General Land Office. Baltimore, 1854. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98688319/. (Accessed January 20, 2018.)

APA citation style:

Steiger, W. T. & United States General Land Office. (1854) Diagram of the United States of America, Mexico, the West India Islands and Isthmus of Darien; by W. T. Steiger, General Land Office. Baltimore. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98688319/.

MLA citation style:

Steiger, W. T, and United States General Land Office. Diagram of the United States of America, Mexico, the West India Islands and Isthmus of Darien; by W. T. Steiger, General Land Office. Baltimore, 1854. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/98688319/>.