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The tourist's pocket map of Pennsylvania : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances &c.

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Title
The tourist's pocket map of Pennsylvania : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances &c.
Names
Haines, D. (Engraver)
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868 (Publisher)
Young, J. H. (James Hamilton) (Engraver)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

States

Pennsylvania

Whole

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1834
Place: Philadelphia :
Publisher: Published by S. Augustus Mitchell,
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 00-491
Topics
Pennsylvania -- Distances, etc. -- Maps
Pennsylvania -- Maps, Tourist
Pennsylvania Canal (Pa.) -- Altitudes -- Charts, diagrams, etc.
Roads -- Pennsylvania
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: "Entered according to act of Congress, April 15th, 1831 by S. Augustus Mitchell of the state of Pennsylvania."
Content: Cover title appears in gilt.
Content: Includes population of Pennsylvania counties in 1830 pasted inside front cover.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Content: Insets: Lehigh and Schuylkill coal regions -- Vicinity of Philadelphia -- Profile of the Pennsylvania canal.
Statement of responsibility: by J. H. Young ; D. Haines, sc.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 30 x 36 cm. folded in leather cover 12 x 8 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 37931543
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14951951
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7273c120-c52b-012f-ba9d-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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  • 1834: Issued
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "The tourist's pocket map of Pennsylvania : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances &c." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1834. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-efdd-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "The tourist's pocket map of Pennsylvania : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances &c." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-efdd-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1834). The tourist's pocket map of Pennsylvania : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances &c. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-efdd-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The tourist's pocket map of Pennsylvania : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances &c.