Statement Of Responsibility: compiled from official surveys of the General Land Office and other authentic sources, under the direction of Harry King, c.e., chief, Drafting Division.
Content: Also shows date and extent of territory acquired by the U.S. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. Inset: Territory of Alaska.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map on 4 sheets : col. ; 146 x 215 cm., sheets 75 x 112 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 36754602
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15844220
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b70497c0-d56b-0132-6f45-58d385a7b928

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1898

Cite this item

MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "United States and territories, showing the extent of public surveys, Indian, military and forest reservations, rail roads, canals and other details" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1898. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b70497c0-d56b-0132-6f45-58d385a7b928

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1898). United States and territories, showing the extent of public surveys, Indian, military and forest reservations, rail roads, canals and other details Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b70497c0-d56b-0132-6f45-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "United States and territories, showing the extent of public surveys, Indian, military and forest reservations, rail roads, canals and other details" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b70497c0-d56b-0132-6f45-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia citation

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