A new map of the United States. Upon which are delineated its vast works of internal communication, routes across the continent &c. showing also Canada and the Island of Cuba,

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A new map of the United States. Upon which are delineated its vast works of internal communication, routes across the continent &c. showing also Canada and the Island of Cuba,

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Detailed general map of the eastern half of the United States indicating drainage, state boundaries, state and county capitals, cities and towns, common roads, the "Oregon Route," canals, and railroads. One of the earliest maps to indicate an operating railroad west of the Mississippi River, from St. Louis to Jefferson City. Topography is indicated by hachures only in the inset of California. Indian tribes are shown west of the Mississippi River. [From published bibliography]
Scale ca. 1:4,250,000.
Hand colored.
LC Railroad maps, 18
Insets: Map of the Niagara River and Falls.--City & harbor of Havana.--Map of the Island of Cuba.--Map of California, Oregon, New Mexico, Utah &c.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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Date

01/01/1851
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Contributors

Williams, W. (Wellington)
Lippincott, Grambo & Co.
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Source

Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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