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The Washington Map of the United States
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- Creator
- by the Superintendent, United States National Observatory ; F. Mahler, c.e., head draughtsman
- Format
- Maps, Atlases
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- Publication
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- Washington, D.C. : United States National Observatory : H.G. Bond, 1861
- W.H. Holmes, engraver
- Physical Details
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- 1 map : hand colored ; on sheet 179 x 179 cm
- OCLC
- ocn557781760
- Cartographic Data
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Scale 1:3,000,000
- Shows counties with dates of organization, railroads, canals, mail routes and wagon roads, and Indian areas by tribe.
- Relief shown by hachures.
- Inset maps of U.S.: Temperature and the annual rainfall -- Zoological distribution -- Geological map -- Distribution of staples.
- Includes ancillary world map, 4 views of "New York," "Capital Washington, D.C.," "Washington from the monument" and "Mt. Vernon," 14 pictorial waterfall views, pictorial view of "Height of mountains expressed in feet," cross sections of "Profile ... from Atlantic to Pacific," "Profile of Lieut. A.W. Whipple's route ...," "Vertical section north Atlantic [ocean]," portraits of presidents along border, tables showing church denominations, 1860 census by state, airline distances and U.S. population by state, diagram of "Length of rivers" and list of "List of arsenals and forts."