COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Text page: Guide Of North Carolina And South Carolina
Obj Height cm:
17
Obj Width cm:
12
Note:
Scarce guide from a series of guides published by Asher & Adams in 1875, that utilize the atlas maps published in their U.S. atlases, adding descriptive text and population tables. Also has decorative advertisements for businesses. In brown cloth covers 17x12 with "Asher & Adams' New Commercial and Topographical Railroad Map & Guide Of North Carolina And South Carolina" stamped in gilt. Map is hand colored by county. Map is identical to the same map that appears in the late 1874 edition of the U.S. Atlas (see our #41). Ptime meridians are Greenwich and Washington D.C.
Full Title:
(Text page to) Asher & Adams' New Commercial And Topographical Rail-Road Map And Guide Of North Carolina And South Carolina. Comprising A New Map, Colored By Counties, On A Scale Of Twenty Miles To An Inch; Delineating Rivers, Landings, Railroads, Stations with Distances, Etc. ... New York: American Rail Road Map And Guide Publishing Company, 39 Beekman Street. Entered... in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, by Asher & Adams ... Washington. (with map) Asher & Adams' North Carolina And South Carolina. Entered ... 1874 by Asher & Adams ... Washington.
List No:
3214.003
Series No:
3
Pub Date:
1875
Pub Title:
Asher & Adams' New Commercial And Topographical Rail-Road Map And Guide Of North Carolina And South Carolina. Comprising A New Map, Colored By Counties, On A Scale Of Twenty Miles To An Inch; Delineating Rivers, Landings, Railroads, Stations with Distances, Etc. ... New York: American Rail Road Map And Guide Publishing Company, 39 Beekman Street. Entered... in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, by Asher & Adams ... Washington. (with map) Asher & Adams' North Carolina And South Carolina. Entered ... 1874 by Asher & Adams ... Washington.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
3214.000
Pub Height cm:
17
Pub Width cm:
12
Image No:
3214003
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
American Rail Road Map And Guide Publishing Company
Type:
Catalog
State/Province:
North Carolina
State/Province:
South Carolina
Publication Author:
Asher & Adams
Pub Type:
Guide Book
Author:
Asher & Adams
Date:
1875
Text page: Guide Of North Carolina And South Carolina
