COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
The map of America's making
Obj Height cm:
54
Obj Width cm:
75
Scale 1:
None shown
Note:
Richly detailed historical pictorial map whose themes are summarized in its cartouche. Shows state lines, major bodies of water and rivers, and Native American settlements. Places the emphasis on historical events, which are labeled throughout, and lines indicating the routes taken by various explorers of the continent both on land and at sea. Short essays on "The Frontier," "The Explorers" and early U.S. political history beginning in 1776 are included in inset boxes below the U.S. map. On border: "That this nation under god shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth".
Full Title:
The map of America's making : For those who would sail with Discoverers, seek Freedom with the Colonists, follow the westward trails, and behold The Building of the Republic, now in its one hundred and fiftieth year. (on lower right corner of map) PM.P. Copyright 1926; Paul M. Paine. R. R. Walker Co. 62 W. 45th St. New York N.Y.
List No:
8038.000
Pub Date:
1926
Pub Title:
The map of America's making : For those who would sail with Discoverers, seek Freedom with the Colonists, follow the westward trails, and behold The Building of the Republic, now in its one hundred and fiftieth year. (on lower right corner of map) PM.P. Copyright 1926; Paul M. Paine. R. R. Walker Co. 62 W. 45th St. New York N.Y.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
8038.000
Pub Height cm:
54
Pub Width cm:
75
Image No:
8038000
Publisher Location:
New York, N.Y.
Publisher:
R.R. Bowker Co.
Type:
Separate Map
Country:
United States
Subject:
Pictorial map
Publication Author:
Paine, Paul M.
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Author:
Paine, Paul M.
Date:
1926
The map of America's making
