COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Township Map of the U.S. Mid. West States
Obj Height cm:
49
Obj Width cm:
47
Scale 1:
1,584,000
Note:
Uncolored 49x47 map bound in the front. The map is the western two-thirds of the map used in the Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide. Buck: "one of the best descriptive books of the period." guide book has Colton Catalogue for 1852 (National Atlas). " Bound with linen and title on spine. Prime meridian is Washington, D.D. Includes a vignette showing Maidens Rock, Lake Pepin, on the Mississippi.
Reference:
Howes C967; Buck 473; Graff 957.
Full Title:
Township Map of the States of Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri & Minnesota. Published by J.H. Colton. No. 86 Cedar Street, New York. 1852. (to accompany) Western Portraiture, and Emigrant's Guide: A Description of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa; With remarks on Minnesota and Other Territories. By Daniel S. Curtiss. New York: Published by J.H. Colton, 86 Cedar Street. 1852. (on verso) Entered ... 1851, by J.H. Colton ... New York.
List No:
2584.002
Series No:
2
Pub Date:
1852
Pub Title:
Western Portraiture, and Emigrant's Guide: A Description of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa; With remarks on Minnesota and Other Territories. By Daniel S. Curtiss. New York: Published by J.H. Colton, 86 Cedar Street. 1852. (on verso) Entered ... 1851, by J.H. Colton ... New York.
Pub Reference:
Howes C967; Buck 473; Graff 957.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
2584.000
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
19
Pub Width cm:
13
Image No:
2584002
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
J.H. Colton
Type:
Book Map
State/Province:
U.S. Mid West
Publication Author:
Curtiss, Daniel S.
Publication Author:
Colton, J.H.
Pub Type:
Guide Book
Author:
Colton, J.H.
Author:
Curtiss, Daniel S.
Date:
1852
Township Map of the U.S. Mid. West States
