New map of that portion of North America, exhibiting the United States and territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands: compiled from the most recent surveys and authentic sources

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Title
New map of that portion of North America, exhibiting the United States and territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands: compiled from the most recent surveys and authentic sources
Names
Monk, Jacob (Publisher)
A. Hoen & Co (Engraver)
Collection

Maps of North America

Whole

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1854
Place: Baltimore, Md
Publisher: Jacob Monk
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 15-5043
Topics
North America
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
Content: Shows stage roads, railroads, and canals.
Content: Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C.
Statement of responsibility: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1850 by Jacob Monk in the Clerks Office of the District of Maryland."
Content: Includes world map inset, notes, list of U.S. counties and county towns, table of distances, and ill.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : color ; 130 x 138 cm
Extent: 6 sheets ; sheets 57 x 80 cm or smaller
Wall map
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008622038
RLIN/OCLC: 192062572
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20643850
Other local Identifier: NA016.4.01
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0cda5c60-1143-0133-b081-58d385a7b928
Rights Statement
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  • 1854: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "New map of that portion of North America, exhibiting the United States and territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1854. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/19b4e560-1143-0133-2046-58d385a7b928

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "New map of that portion of North America, exhibiting the United States and territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/19b4e560-1143-0133-2046-58d385a7b928

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1854). New map of that portion of North America, exhibiting the United States and territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/19b4e560-1143-0133-2046-58d385a7b928

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/19b4e560-1143-0133-2046-58d385a7b928 | title= (cartographic) New map of that portion of North America, exhibiting the United States and territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands, (1854) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 22, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

New map of that portion of North America, exhibiting the United States and territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands