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Map A survey of the roads of the United States of America

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Title

  • A survey of the roads of the United States of America

Names

  • Colles, Christopher, 1738-1816
  • Tiebout, Cornelius, 1777-1832

Created / Published

  • [New York] : Christopher Colles, 1789.

Headings

  • -  Roads--United States--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Roads--Middle Atlantic States--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States
  • -  United States--Middle Atlantic States

Genre

  • Early maps
  • Atlases

Notes

  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Orientation varies.
  • -  Phillips, 1326
  • -  Maps no. 34-39 are believed to never have been engraved as they are wanting in all known copies.
  • -  On original paper cover in manuscript ink: "Collis's plan of the roads throughout the United States."
  • -  Accompanied by broadside: Proposals for publishing A survey of the roads of the United States of America / by Christopher Colles (conserved and bound in, 29 x 20 cm.).
  • -  Additionally accompanied by manuscript title page for this atlas from the Peter Force Collection (on sheet 21 x 12 cm.) and additional page with manuscript notes by Peter Force and George H. Moore, dated 1846 (on sheet 21 x 13 cm.). These 2 sheets and exhibit card in envelope, in slipcase, housed in container with Copy 2.
  • -  Conserved.
  • -  List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 1326

Medium

  • 1 atlas (86 [i.e. 84] leaves) : 83 maps ; 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G1201.P2 C6 1789
  • G1201.P2 C6 1789 Copy 2. (86 [i.e. 82] leaves) ; 23 cm. Conserved. Accompanying broadside housed in box, filed on shelf next to this copy.

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 84675230

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Colles, Christopher, and Cornelius Tiebout. A survey of the roads of the United States of America. [New York: Christopher Colles, 1789] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/84675230/.

APA citation style:

Colles, C. & Tiebout, C. (1789) A survey of the roads of the United States of America. [New York: Christopher Colles] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/84675230/.

MLA citation style:

Colles, Christopher, and Cornelius Tiebout. A survey of the roads of the United States of America. [New York: Christopher Colles, 1789] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/84675230/>.