Map of the United States and territories showing the extent of public surveys, Indian and military reservations, land grant r.r., rail roads, canals, and other details

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57172805

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Title

Map of the United States and territories showing the extent of public surveys, Indian and military reservations, land grant r.r., rail roads, canals, and other details

Collection

Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
Whole

Names

United States. General Land Office (Publisher)
Bien, Julius, 1826-1909 (Lithographer)
Roeser, C. (Charles) (Draftsman)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1879
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: General Land Office

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 16-565

Subjects

Indian reservations -- United States
Military reservations -- United States
Railroad land grants -- United States
Railroads -- United States
United States -- Surveys
United States -- Territories and possessions
United States

Genres

Maps

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: compiled from the official surveys of the General Land Office and other authentic sources, under the direction of the Hon. J.A. Williamson, commissioner ; compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources by C. Roeser, principal draughtsman.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Content: Inset: Territory of Alaska ceded by Russia to the United States, 1868 [with inset] Continuation of Aleutian Islands.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : color ; 119 x 193 cm

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 939252285
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20891325
Other local Identifier: US016.5.01
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c3941720-b882-0133-18f3-00505686d14e

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1879

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the United States and territories showing the extent of public surveys, Indian and military reservations, land grant r.r., rail roads, canals, and other details" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1879. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3941720-b882-0133-18f3-00505686d14e

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1879). Map of the United States and territories showing the extent of public surveys, Indian and military reservations, land grant r.r., rail roads, canals, and other details Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3941720-b882-0133-18f3-00505686d14e

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the United States and territories showing the extent of public surveys, Indian and military reservations, land grant r.r., rail roads, canals, and other details" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3941720-b882-0133-18f3-00505686d14e

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