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Ensign's Travellers' guide and map of the United States : containing the roads, distances, steam boat and canal routes &c.

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Maps of North America

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Title
Ensign's Travellers' guide and map of the United States : containing the roads, distances, steam boat and canal routes &c.
Names
Wells, J. (Engraver)
Phelps & Ensign (Publisher)
Phelps & Squire (Publisher)
T. & E. H. Ensign (Publisher)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

Whole

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1845
Place: New York
Publisher: Published by T. & E.H. Ensign,
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 00-479
Topics
Transportation -- United States
United States -- Distances, etc
United States -- Distances, etc -- Maps
United States -- Maps, Tourist
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Includes insets: Vicinity of Niagara Falls -- North part of Maine -- Vicinity of New York -- Vicinity of Philadelphia -- Vicinity of Boston -- South part of Florida -- Vicinity of Baltimore -- Vicinity of New Orleans -- Vicinity of Mobile -- Vicinity of Cincinnati -- Vicinity of St. Louis -- Vicinity of Charleston -- Vicinity of Pittsburg -- Vicinity of Chicago -- Vicinity of Detroit -- Vicinity of Washington.
Content: Text title: Phelps & Ensign's traveller's guide through the United States : containing stage, steamboat, canal and rail-road routes, with the distances from place to place : illustrated by a new and accurate map of the United States. New York : Phelps & Ensign, No. 7 Bowery.
Content: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1837 by Phelps & Squire, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, of the Southern District, of the state of New York."
Content: Distances from point to point shown on roads.
Content: Map within decorative borders.
Funding: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Prime meridian: Washington.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Statement of responsibility: engraved on steel by J. Wells, Brooklyn, L.I.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 40 x 54 cm folded in leather cover 14 x 9 cm. + text (53 p. ; 14 cm)
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 45699951
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14952382
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): eb0b4c50-c52a-012f-82ba-3c075448cc4b
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

  • 1845: Issued
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Ensign's Travellers' guide and map of the United States : containing the roads, distances, steam boat and canal routes &c." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1845. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-efd3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Ensign's Travellers' guide and map of the United States : containing the roads, distances, steam boat and canal routes &c." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-efd3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1845). Ensign's Travellers' guide and map of the United States : containing the roads, distances, steam boat and canal routes &c. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-efd3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Ensign's Travellers' guide and map of the United States : containing the roads, distances, steam boat and canal routes &c.