Map One hundred years : [Washington D.C. and metropolitan area]

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Title

One hundred years : [Washington D.C. and metropolitan area]

Names

United States. War Department. Engineer Bureau
United States. Army. Geodesy, Intelligence, and Mapping Research and Development Agency. Graphics Division

Created / Published

[Fort Belvoir] : The Agency, [1965]

[1865 facsimile map] -- [1965 road map].

Headings

- Fortification--Washington (D.C.)--Maps
- Fortification--Washington Metropolitan Area--Maps
- Washington (D.C.)--Maps
- Washington Metropolitan Area--Maps
- Roads--Washington Metropolitan Area--Maps
- Maps--Facsimiles
- United States--District of Columbia--Washington
- United States--District of Columbia--Washington Metropolitan Area

Genre

Road maps
Topographic maps

Notes

- Relief shown by hachures on 1865 map. Depths shown by soundings on 1865 map.
- 1865 map is facsimile.
- "This is a comparison of the Bureau of Engineers' map of the 'Defenses of Washington' compiled in 1865, one hundred years ago, and the present day road map."
- "Original map courtesy of the U.S. Army Engineer School Library."
- Original version: Defenses of Washington, extract of military map of N.E. Virginia : showing forts and roads / Engineer Bureau, War Department. [Washington?] : The Bureau, 1865. Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865. Accompanying report of Brig. Gen. Richard Delafield ... October 30, 1865, series III. See Atlas, plates VII and VIII. No. [1?].
- Includes notes and index of places.
- DCP

Medium

2 maps on 1 sheet : 1 col. ; each 41 x 33 cm., sheet 58 x 74 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

G3851.R4 1865 .U5 1965

Repository

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

Digital Id

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3851r.ct004867

Library of Congress Control Number

87693152

Online Format

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LCCN Permalink

https://lccn.loc.gov/87693152

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United States War Department. Engineer Bureau & United States Army. Geodesy, I. (1865) One hundred years: Washington D.C. and metropolitan area. [Fort Belvoir: The Agency] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/87693152/.

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