The tourist's pocket map of the state of Virginia : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances, &c.
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Title
The tourist's pocket map of the state of Virginia : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances, &c.
Collection
Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
States
Virginia
Names
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868 (Publisher)
Yeager, E. (Edward) (Engraver)
Young, J. H. (James Hamilton) (Cartographer)
Dankworth, Frederick, approximately 1804- (Engraver)
Mitchell & Hinman (Bookseller)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1836
Place: Philadelphia :
Publisher: Published by S. Augustus Mitchell :
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-5378 [In box]
Subjects
Virginia -- Maps
Virginia -- Maps, Tourist
Genres
Notes
Content: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1834 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
Content: Includes "Virginia Census, 1830" pasted inside front cover.
Content: Includes tables of "Principal stage routes through Virginia" and "Steamboat routes."
Content: Inset: District of Columbia.
Content: 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: by J.H. Young ; engraved by E. Yeager & F. Dankworth.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 30 x 36 cm. folded in leather cover 13 x 8 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 48181106
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15259949
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8d8a4ea0-c52b-012f-a6d9-3c075448cc4b
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Date Issued
1836
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "The tourist's pocket map of the state of Virginia : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances, &c." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1836. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8d8a4ea0-c52b-012f-a6d9-3c075448cc4b
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1836). The tourist's pocket map of the state of Virginia : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances, &c. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8d8a4ea0-c52b-012f-a6d9-3c075448cc4b
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "The tourist's pocket map of the state of Virginia : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances, &c." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8d8a4ea0-c52b-012f-a6d9-3c075448cc4b
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