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Map Map of the alluvial region of the Mississippi U.S. Miss. Delta Survey. Plate II

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Title

  • Map of the alluvial region of the Mississippi

Other Title

  • U.S. Miss. Delta Survey. Plate II

Names

  • Mahon, Charles, cartographer.
  • Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883.
  • Abbot, Henry, 1768-1840.
  • United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.

Created / Published

  • [Washington] : War Department, Corps of Topographical Engineers, 1861.

Headings

  • -  Mississippi River Region--Maps
  • -  United States--Mississippi River Region

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Shows the Mississippi River from Cape Giradeau to the delta.
  • -  Relief shown by rock drawings; depths shown by contours and soundings.
  • -  LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S185, 14.4
  • -  On cover on verso: No. 110-Q. Mississippi alluvial region, 1861.
  • -  Signed on verso: Millard Fillmore, Nov. 17, 1869.
  • -  Sectioned in 16 and mounted on cloth.
  • -  Includes notes.

Medium

  • 1 map : hand colored ; 73 x 46 cm, folded to 22 x 13 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4042.M5 1861 .M22

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015591011

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Mahon, Charles, Cartographer, A. A Humphreys, Henry Abbot, and United States Army. Corps Of Topographical Engineers. Map of the alluvial region of the Mississippi. [Washington: War Department, Corps of Topographical Engineers, 1861] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2015591011/.

APA citation style:

Mahon, C., Humphreys, A. A., Abbot, H. & United States Army. Corps Of Topographical Engineers. (1861) Map of the alluvial region of the Mississippi. [Washington: War Department, Corps of Topographical Engineers] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2015591011/.

MLA citation style:

Mahon, Charles, Cartographer, et al. Map of the alluvial region of the Mississippi. [Washington: War Department, Corps of Topographical Engineers, 1861] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2015591011/>.