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Map The tourist's pocket map of the state of Virginia : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances &c.

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Title

  • The tourist's pocket map of the state of Virginia : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances &c.

Names

  • Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
  • Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Published by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1853.
  • Philadelphia : Sold by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1853.

Headings

  • -  Virginia--Maps
  • -  Washington (D.C.)--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia
  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington

Genre

  • Tourist maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown by contours.
  • -  Prime meridian: Washington.
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851, by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the eastern District of Pennsylvania."
  • -  Signed on verso: Millard Fillmore March 1853.
  • -  Includes lists of steamboat and stagecoach routes, and indexed inset of the District of Columbia.
  • -  "Population of Virginia by Counties, in 1850" pasted on verso.
  • -  Annotated in lead pencil in lower left corner on verso: Fillmore Map Coll. # 24.
  • -  DCP

Medium

  • 1 map : hand colored, mounted on cloth backing ; 33 x 40 cm, folded to 14 x 9 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3881.E635 1853 .Y6

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012593333

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Young, J. H, and Cowperthwait & Co Thomas. The tourist's pocket map of the state of Virginia: exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances &c. Philadelphia: Published by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., . Philadelphia: Sold by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co, 1853. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012593333/.

APA citation style:

Young, J. H. & Thomas, C. &. C. (1853) The tourist's pocket map of the state of Virginia: exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances &c. Philadelphia: Published by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., . Philadelphia: Sold by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012593333/.

MLA citation style:

Young, J. H, and Cowperthwait & Co Thomas. The tourist's pocket map of the state of Virginia: exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances &c. Philadelphia: Published by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., . Philadelphia: Sold by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co, 1853. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2012593333/>.