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Map of the United States, showing the proposed railroad routes from coast to coast, with table of distances, etc.

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Image ID

434060


Item data

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

Maps

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

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

Cartographic

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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