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Map Map of the Middle States exhibiting the post roads c. 1790

About this Item

Title

  • Map of the Middle States exhibiting the post roads c. 1790

Names

  • Dunich, Joseph, cartographer
  • Colles, Christopher, 1738-1816
  • Ristow, Walter W. (Walter William), 1908-2006, contributor

Created / Published

  • [United States] : Dunich, 9-60.

Contents

  • [1]. [Original color map] -- [2]. Base blue -- [3]. Red overlay -- [4]. Base blue, red overlay [Blue plate filtered] (2 copies) -- [5]. Base blue, red overlay [Red plate filtered] (3 copies) --

Headings

  • -  Roads--Atlantic States--Maps
  • -  Printing--United States--Specimins
  • -  Atlantic States--History--Revolution, 1783-1815--Maps
  • -  United States--Atlantic States
  • -  United States

Genre

  • Manuscript maps
  • Road maps

Notes

  • -  Original art work and proofs for the folded map in the 1961 edition of "A survey of the roads of the United States" edited by Walter Ristow.
  • -  All maps on polyester film. Original in pencil and colored pencil. Maps 2 and 3 in ink and printed acrylic adhesive film. Maps 4 and 5 are printed monochrome proofs.

Medium

  • 4 manuscript maps, 5 maps : color, synthetic ; 42 x 27 and 38 x 25 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3709.31 .P2 s2080 .D8

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018590037

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Dunich, Joseph, Cartographer, Christopher Colles, and Walter W Ristow. Map of the Middle States exhibiting the post roads. [United States: Dunich, 9-60, 1960] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018590037/.

APA citation style:

Dunich, J., Colles, C. & Ristow, W. W. (1960) Map of the Middle States exhibiting the post roads. [United States: Dunich, 9-60] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018590037/.

MLA citation style:

Dunich, Joseph, Cartographer, Christopher Colles, and Walter W Ristow. Map of the Middle States exhibiting the post roads. [United States: Dunich, 9-60, 1960] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018590037/>.