Statement Of Responsibility: compiled under the direction of Henry Gannett, chief topographer, by Harry King, chief draughtsman ; engraved by Julius Bien & Co., New York.
Content: "Contour lines are drawn at ... 100, 500, 1000, 1500 ... 2000 and thence upward at each 1000 feet."
Content: Includes inset of Alaska.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map on 9 sheets : color ; 121 x 192 cm, sheets 48 x 72 cm or smaller

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 29813346
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20644029
Other local Identifier: US020.2.01
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c424cf70-0585-0134-b9d1-00505686a51c

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1890

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "United States" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1890. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c424cf70-0585-0134-b9d1-00505686a51c

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1890). United States Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c424cf70-0585-0134-b9d1-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "United States" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c424cf70-0585-0134-b9d1-00505686a51c

Wikipedia citation

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