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Map of the United States and territories showing the extent of public surveys, Indian and military reservations, land grant r.r., rail roads, canals, and other details

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Maps of North America

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Title
Map of the United States and territories showing the extent of public surveys, Indian and military reservations, land grant r.r., rail roads, canals, and other details
Names
United States. General Land Office (Publisher)
Bien, Julius, 1826-1909 (Lithographer)
Roeser, C. (Charles) (Draftsman)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

Whole

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1879
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: General Land Office
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 16-565
Topics
Indian reservations -- United States
Military reservations -- United States
Railroad land grants -- United States
Railroads -- United States
United States -- Surveys
United States -- Territories and possessions
United States
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: compiled from the official surveys of the General Land Office and other authentic sources, under the direction of the Hon. J.A. Williamson, commissioner ; compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources by C. Roeser, principal draughtsman.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Content: Inset: Territory of Alaska ceded by Russia to the United States, 1868 [with inset] Continuation of Aleutian Islands.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : color ; 119 x 193 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 939252285
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20891325
Other local Identifier: US016.5.01
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c3941720-b882-0133-18f3-00505686d14e
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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  • 1879: Issued
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the United States and territories showing the extent of public surveys, Indian and military reservations, land grant r.r., rail roads, canals, and other details" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1879. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/180afe20-b883-0133-9fd1-00505686d14e

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the United States and territories showing the extent of public surveys, Indian and military reservations, land grant r.r., rail roads, canals, and other details" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/180afe20-b883-0133-9fd1-00505686d14e

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1879). Map of the United States and territories showing the extent of public surveys, Indian and military reservations, land grant r.r., rail roads, canals, and other details Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/180afe20-b883-0133-9fd1-00505686d14e

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/180afe20-b883-0133-9fd1-00505686d14e | title= (cartographic) Map of the United States and territories showing the extent of public surveys, Indian and military reservations, land grant r.r., rail roads, canals, and other details, (1879) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 22, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Map of the United States and territories showing the extent of public surveys, Indian and military reservations, land grant r.r., rail roads, canals, and other details