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MAP #: 345M5

CARTOGRAPHER : MEYER, JOSEPH [PUBLISHER]

DATE: 1845

SHORT TITLE : NEUESTE KARTE VON VIRGINIA

REMAINING TITLE & ID : MIT SEINEN CANAELEN, STRASSEN, EISENBAHNEN, ENTFERNUNGEN DER HAUPTPUNKTE UND DAMPFSCHIFF ROUTEN NACH DEN BESSTEN QUELLEN ENTWORFEN UND GEZEICHNET. 1845. (TOP LEFT CORNER OF MAP). "MEYER'S-HANDATLAS" (LEFT TOP MARGIN). N.o 59 (RIGHT TOP MARGIN). AUS DER GEOGRAPHISCHEN GRAVIRANSTALT DES BIBLIO-GRAPHISCHEN INSTITUTS ZU HILDBURGHAUSEN AMSTERDAM PARIS U PHILADELPHIA (CENTER TO RIGHT BOTTOM MARGIN). DISTANCE CHART (ALONG BOTTOM BORDER INSIDE MAP). A PROFILE OF THE CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CANAL IS SHOWN (FROM THE TOP CENTER TO THE RIGHT). SCALES IN VARIOUS MEASURES ARE SHOWN (BELOW THE TITLE). LONGITUDE FROM WASHINGTON (TOP AND BOTTOM BORDERS). LONGITUDE FROM FERRO (TOP BORDER). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1845
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : AMSTERDAM
PUBLISHER : JOSEPH MEYER
LANGUAGE(S) : GE
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 29.0 X 38.0 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 2,100,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA :
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : G3840 1845 .M4
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-352 (REPRO)
HFC ACQ. PRIORITY : 5
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : -
REGION CATEGORY : THIS MAP IS OF NO SIGNIFICANCE TO A MD/CHESAPEAKE COLLECTION (9)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : VIRGINIA MAP PRIMARILY (13)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : GEOGRAPHICALLY FUNCTIONAL (8)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : WASHINGTON & FERRO (18)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : -
BEST INFO SOURCE : THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD IS THE ONLY SOURCE FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS IS A DETAILED MAP OF VIRGINIA, WHICH SHOWS MARYLAND WITH LITTLE ON-SHORE DETAIL. NO SOUNDINGS OR SHOALS ARE GIVEN FOR THE CHESAPEAKE AREA. LONGITUDE IS GIVEN WEST FROM FERRO IN THE TOP MARGIN AND WEST FROM WASHINGTON IN THE TOP AND BOTTOM MARGINS.

THIS MAP WAS PUBLISHED IN THE MEYER'S HAND-ATLAS AS CHART # 59 IN 1846.

DATA IS FROM OBSERVATION OF THE REPRODUCTION OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MAP COPY IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : NOT YET RESEARCHED.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A FULL SCALE PHOTOCOPY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MAP IN BLACK AND WHITE. IT HAS A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-352 (REPRO).

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : NONE FOUND.

March 1, 1993


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