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Map A new map of South Carolina with its canals, roads & distances from place to place along the stage & steam boat routes.

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Title

  • A new map of South Carolina with its canals, roads & distances from place to place along the stage & steam boat routes.

Summary

  • The earliest general map to show the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company's line which began in Charleston, S.C. It was completed to Hamburg, S.C., in 1833. Its 136 miles of track were then the longest in the world.

Names

  • Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858.
  • South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company.

Created / Published

  • [n.p., 1836], c1833.

Headings

  • -  South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company--Maps
  • -  South Carolina--Maps
  • -  United States--South Carolina

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:1,400,000.
  • -  Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1833, by H. S. Tanner.
  • -  From his A New Universal Atlas . . . (Philadelphia, 1836). For a complete description of this atlas see P. L. Phillips' A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress (Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1909) v. 1, no. 774.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 299
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.

Medium

  • map 28 x 33 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3910 1833 .T3

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98688556

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Tanner, Henry Schenck, and South Carolina Canal And Railroad Company. A new map of South Carolina with its canals, roads & distances from place to place along the stage & steam boat routes. [N.P., 1836, 1836] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/98688556/.

APA citation style:

Tanner, H. S. & South Carolina Canal And Railroad Company. (1836) A new map of South Carolina with its canals, roads & distances from place to place along the stage & steam boat routes. [N.P., 1836] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/98688556/.

MLA citation style:

Tanner, Henry Schenck, and South Carolina Canal And Railroad Company. A new map of South Carolina with its canals, roads & distances from place to place along the stage & steam boat routes. [N.P., 1836, 1836] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/98688556/>.