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Geographical, statistical, and historical map of North America

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465008


Item data

Title

Geographical, statistical, and historical map of North America

Collection

Maps of North America
Whole

Names

Finlayson, James (Cartographer)
Yeager, Joseph, approximately 1792-1859 (Engraver)
Lea, Isaac, 1792-1886 (Publisher)
Carey, Henry Charles, 1793-1879 (Publisher)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1822
Place: [Philadelphia]
Publisher: H.C. Carey & I. Lea

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-11491

Subjects

North America -- Maps

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: From Carey's Complete historical, chronological, and geographical American atlas.
Content: Map has border text.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Content: [Heading West] HW022
Statement Of Responsibility: engraved by J. Yeager ; drawn by J. Finlayson.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 35 x 33 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 20285815
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15472915
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 794272c0-c52a-012f-1651-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1822

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Geographical, statistical, and historical map of North America" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1822. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/794272c0-c52a-012f-1651-3c075448cc4b

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1822). Geographical, statistical, and historical map of North America Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/794272c0-c52a-012f-1651-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Geographical, statistical, and historical map of North America" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/794272c0-c52a-012f-1651-3c075448cc4b

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