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MAP #: 393C6

CARTOGRAPHER : CRAM, GEORGE F. [PUBLISHER]

DATE: 1893

SHORT TITLE : VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA

REMAINING TITLE & ID : (NO CARTOUCHE, CENTER TOP). "38" (LEFT BOTTOM MARGIN). "39" (RIGHT BOTTOM MARGIN). INSET OF "SOUTH WEST PART OF VIRGINIA" (TOP LEFT CORNER). ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MAP IS A MAP OF OHIO, WITH A PAGE NUMBER OF "37". ON THE RECTO OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MAP IS A MAP OF INDIANA, WITH A PAGE NUMBER OF "40". NO SCALE IS SHOWN. THE MAP EXTENDS THROUGH THE HEAVY NEAT LINES ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT. THE PAPER HAS NO WATERMARK. LONGITUDE FROM GREENWICH (TOP BORDER) AND FROM WASHINGTON (BOTTOM BORDER). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : R1893 (1891?)
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : CHICAGO
PUBLISHER : GEORGE F. CRAM
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 34.4 X 52.7 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : 43 X 55 CM. OM (APPROXIMATE, FOR OPEN BOOK)
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 1,170,000 (FROM LATITUDE)
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-656(3)
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : BB023-DUD*
REGION CATEGORY : MAP ON WHICH THE MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA IS ONE MAIN FOCUS (1)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) :
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : SIMPLE FUNCTIONAL (5)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : WASHINGTON & GREENWICH (8)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : -
BEST INFO SOURCE : NONE FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS COLORED MAP DIVIDES VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND INTO COUNTIES, EACH SEPARATELY COLORED. ALL OF MARYLAND AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IS SHOWN EXCEPT FOR THE EASTERN-MOST AREA OF THE EASTERN SHORE. COUNTY SEATS ARE SHOWN AS ARE MAJOR ROADS AND RAILROADS. THE MAP APPEARED ON PAGES 38 AND 39 OF CRAM'S UNRIVALED FAMILY ATLAS OF THE WORLD INDEXED, CHICAGO: GEORGE F. CRAM, 1893. IT WAS THE THIRD ISSUE OF THE ATLAS, FOLLOWING RELEASES IN 1891 AND 1892. THE MAPS ARE NOTED AS BEING REVISED THROUGH FEB. 1, 1893. DONOHUE & HENNEBERRY OF CHICAGO PRINTED AND BOUND THE ATLAS.

DATA IS FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPY OF THE MAP AND ATLAS IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : EDITIONS OF THE ATLAS WERE ISSUED IN 1891 AND 1892 IN ADDITION TO THIS 1893 EDITION, SO THE MAP PROBABLY APPEARED IN THOSE EARLIER PUBLICATIONS.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A GOOD COPY OF THIS MAP ATTACHED TO THE ATLAS. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF BB023-DUD* AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-656(3).

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : NONE YET FOUND.

March 30, 1992


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