Map of the United States, showing the proposed railroad routes from coast to coast, with table of distances, etc.
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Title
Map of the United States, showing the proposed railroad routes from coast to coast, with table of distances, etc.
Collection
Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
Whole
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1850 (Questionable)
Place: N.Y.? :
Publisher: s.n.,
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-5293 [Filed with U.S. Railroads, ca. 1850]
Subjects
United States
Railroads -- United States
United States -- Maps
Genres
Notes
Content: Includes table of distances and text.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: NYPL copy mutilated in lower margin with illegible imprint.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Content: Title supplied by the cataloger.
Citation/Reference: NYPL. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, X, p. 241
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 37 x 45 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 47770584
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15107710
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f15f3790-c52a-012f-8c5b-3c075448cc4b
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1850
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MLA format
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the United States, showing the proposed railroad routes from coast to coast, with table of distances, etc." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f15f3790-c52a-012f-8c5b-3c075448cc4b
APA format
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1850). Map of the United States, showing the proposed railroad routes from coast to coast, with table of distances, etc. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f15f3790-c52a-012f-8c5b-3c075448cc4b
Chicago/Turabian Format
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the United States, showing the proposed railroad routes from coast to coast, with table of distances, etc." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f15f3790-c52a-012f-8c5b-3c075448cc4b
Wikipedia citation
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