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Bien & Sterner's new rail road map of the United States and the Canadas

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Title
Bien & Sterner's new rail road map of the United States and the Canadas
Additional title: New rail road map of the United States and the Canadas
Additional title: Bien and Sterner's new railroad map of the United States and the Canadas
Additional title: Bien & Sterner's new rail road map
Names
Colburn, Zerah, 1832-1870 (Compiler)
Ranney, Adolphus (Publisher)
Bien & Sterner (Lithographer)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

Whole

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1855
Place: No. 195 Broadway, New York
Publisher: Published by A. Ranney
Place: 90 Fulton St., N.Y.
Publisher: Lith. of Bien & Sterner
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 15-5105
Topics
Railroads -- United States
Railroads -- Canada
Canada
United States
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: compiled from the latest surveys & locations under the direction of Zerah Colburn, esq., editor of the Rail Road Advocate.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Content: Prime meridian: Washington.
Content: Extends west to Minnesota and eastern Texas and north to upper Lake Superior.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 61 x 73 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 228720943
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20643912
Other local Identifier: US010.4.05
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 163bbfd0-8be3-0133-9bc2-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 90: Place
  • 1832: Creator Born
  • 1855: Issued
  • 1870: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2023: Found by you!
  • 2024

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Bien & Sterner's new rail road map of the United States and the Canadas" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1855. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2834dc70-8be3-0133-1a54-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Bien & Sterner's new rail road map of the United States and the Canadas" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 1, 2023. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2834dc70-8be3-0133-1a54-00505686a51c

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1855). Bien & Sterner's new rail road map of the United States and the Canadas Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2834dc70-8be3-0133-1a54-00505686a51c

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Bien & Sterner's new rail road map of the United States and the Canadas