Map Mitchell's new traveller's guide through the United States, showing the rail roads, canals, stage roads &c. with distances from place to place.


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Title
Mitchell's new traveller's guide through the United States, showing the rail roads, canals, stage roads &c. with distances from place to place.
Summary
General map of the eastern half of the United States, framed in decorative borders, indicating drainage, state boundaries, major cities and towns, roads, railroads, canals, and distances. [From published bibliography]
Contributor Names
Drake, Ira S.
Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.
Created / Published
Philadelphia, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1853, c1848.
Subject Headings
-  United States--Maps
-  Railroads--United States--Maps
-  United States
Notes
-  Scale ca. 1:3,700,000.
-  Shows railroads in operation, in progress of construction, and proposed.
-  LC Railroad maps, 23
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  Insets: Map of the copper mine region.--Vicinity of Niagara Falls.--Map of the maritime and overland routes to California.--Map of the gold and quicksilver district of California.--Map of New England or eastern states.
-  AACR2: 651/1; 651/2; 710
Medium
col. map 55 x 73 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
G3700 1853 .D7
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3700.rr000230
Library of Congress Control Number
gm70005367
Online Format
image
Description
General map of the eastern half of the United States, framed in decorative borders, indicating drainage, state boundaries, major cities and towns, roads, railroads, canals, and distances. [From published bibliography]
LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/gm70005367
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Drake, Ira S, and Cowperthwait & Co Thomas. Mitchell's new traveller's guide through the United States, showing the rail roads, canals, stage roads &c. with distances from place to place. Philadelphia, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1853, 1853. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gm70005367/. (Accessed January 20, 2018.)

APA citation style:

Drake, I. S. & Thomas, C. &. C. (1853) Mitchell's new traveller's guide through the United States, showing the rail roads, canals, stage roads &c. with distances from place to place. Philadelphia, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1853. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gm70005367/.

MLA citation style:

Drake, Ira S, and Cowperthwait & Co Thomas. Mitchell's new traveller's guide through the United States, showing the rail roads, canals, stage roads &c. with distances from place to place. Philadelphia, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1853, 1853. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/gm70005367/>.