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MAP #: 361A9
CARTOGRAPHER : ASCHBACH, G.A.
DATE: 1861
SHORT TITLE : POCKET MAP SHOWING THE PROBABLE
THEATRE OF THE WAR
REMAINING TITLE & ID : (TOP LEFT CORNER). "PUBLISHED BY
M.H. TRAUBEL, 409 CHESTNUT ST. PHILa. (BELOW TITLE TO LEFT).
"COMPILED BY G.A. ASCHBACH C.E. ALLENTOWN, Pa. (BELOW TITLE, TO
RIGHT). SCALE OF 70 MILES (RIGHT OF TITLE). TABLE OF PRINCIPAL
DISTANCES (BELOW PUBLISHER'S STATEMENT). INSET OF BALTIMORE AND
ITS HARBOR (CENTER, LEFT). INSET OF WASHINGTON, D.C., WITH A TABLE
OF REFERENCES TO MAJOR BUILDINGS (BOTTOM LEFT CORNER). LONGITUDE
AND LATITUDE (NOT SHOWN).
DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1861
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : PHILADELPHIA
PUBLISHER : M.H. TRAUBEL
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 36.0 X 32.0 CM. (PLUS
DECORATIVE BORDER)
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 1,700,000
SCALE - OTHER : 70 MILES = 9.6 CM.
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : G3840 1861 .A8
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-326 (REPRO)
HFC ACQ. PRIORITY : 3
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : -
REGION CATEGORY : MAP ON WHICH THE MD/CHESAPEAKE
AREA IS ONE MAIN FOCUS (1)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : CIVIL WAR MAP (3)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : CURLED LINES (19)
BORDER : PLAIN (2)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : NONE
SEE ALSO MAP #s : -
BEST INFO SOURCE : STEPHENSON AND PHILLIPS LIST THE
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ISSUES OF THE MAP.
DESCRIPTION : THIS MAP COVERS FROM ALLENTOWN,
PA. TO NORFOLK, VA. AND FROM PHILADELPHIA, PA. TO HAGERSTOWN, MD.,
INCLUDING ALL OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE BAYS. ONLY KEY CITY
AND TOWN NAMES ARE INCLUDED, EXCEPT FOR AROUND THE
BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON AREA, WHICH IS MORE DETAILED. FORTS ARE
LOCATED AS ARE RAIL LINES AND ROADS. A TABLE OF DISTANCES LISTS 8
POINT-TO-POINT DISTANCES. THE ONLY REFERENCE TO THIS MAP FOUND THUS
FAR IS THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD (G3840 1861 .A8).
THEIR COPY IS HAND COLORED. ON THE BACK OF THEIR COPY IS
HANDWRITTEN "No. 189, FILED 9 MAY 1861 ASHBACH & TRAUBEL PROP.",
LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER THE ATTACK ON FT. SUMTER.
EDITION & STATE INFO : ONLY ONE EDITION AND STATE IS
KNOWN THUS FAR TO THE WRITER. STEPHENSON NOTES TWO ISSUES OF THE
MAP IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, DIFFERING ON THE MAP ITSELF ONLY BY
ONE NOT HIGHLIGHTING "CAMPS & FORTS" AND "PROMINENT PLACES" IN RED
AND BLUE UNDERLINING.
BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : STEPHENSON, RICHARD W. CIVIL
WAR MAPS AN ANNOTATED LIST OF MAPS AND ATLASES IN THE LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS, WASHINGTON: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, 1989 (2ND ED.), 27,
# 1 AND 1.1; PHILLIPS, PHILIP LEE, A LIST OF MAPS OF AMERICA IN
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, NEW YORK: BURT FRANKLIN, AN UNDATED
REPRINT OF A 1901 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PUBLICATION, 1022.
December 19, 1991
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