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Map Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and Spanish possessions

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Title

  • Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and Spanish possessions

Names

  • Melish, John, 1771-1822.
  • Vallance, J. (John), 1770-1823.
  • Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : J. Melish, [1818]

Headings

  • -  United States--Maps
  • -  United States

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Prime meridians: London and Washington.
  • -  Third state.
  • -  Includes inset of the West Indies.
  • -  LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing, and some sections are detached from the whole. Damage to the map in the area of northern Ohio has obscured place names.
  • -  Vault
  • -  Acquisitions control no. 93-12

Medium

  • 1 map : hand col. ; 88 x 145 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3700 1818 .M4b

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96686661

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Melish, John, J Vallance, and Henry Schenck Tanner. Map of the United States of America: with the contiguous British and Spanish possessions. [Philadelphia: J. Melish, 1818] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/96686661/.

APA citation style:

Melish, J., Vallance, J. & Tanner, H. S. (1818) Map of the United States of America: with the contiguous British and Spanish possessions. [Philadelphia: J. Melish] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/96686661/.

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Melish, John, J Vallance, and Henry Schenck Tanner. Map of the United States of America: with the contiguous British and Spanish possessions. [Philadelphia: J. Melish, 1818] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/96686661/>.