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MAP #: 361P5
CARTOGRAPHER : PRANG, L. & CO.
[PUBLISHER]
DATE: 1861
SHORT TITLE : BIRDS EYE VIEW OF
THE SEAT OF WAR.
REMAINING TITLE & ID : ARRANGED AFTER THE
LATEST SURVEYS, SHOWING VIEWS OF WASHINGTON,
BALTIMORE, HARPERS FERRY, RICHMOND, MANASSAS
JUNCTION, Ft. MONROE, NORFOLK HARBOR &c. THEIR R.R.
CONNECTIONS, & THE GENERAL SURFACE OF THE COUNTRY IN
MARYLAND, DIST. OF COLUMBIA, & VIRGINIA. (CENTER,
BOTTOM MARGIN). "PUBd. & LITHd. BY L. PRANG & CO.
BOSTON." (LEFT, BOTTOM MARGIN). "J. HAVEN, SOLE
AGENT, 31 EXCHANGE ST." (RIGHT, BOTTOM MARGIN).
LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE (NOT SHOWN).
DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1861
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : BOSTON
PUBLISHER : L. PRANG & CO.
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 34.2 X 49.7 CM.
(EXCLUDING THE MARGIN TEXT)
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : VARIES, NOT GIVEN
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-492
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : GS016-UED
REGION CATEGORY : MAP ON WHICH THE
MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA IS ONE MAIN FOCUS (1)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : PANORAMA VIEW
(2)
: CIVIL WAR MAP (3)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : S IS AT THE TOP OF
THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : NONE (1)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : NONE
SEE ALSO MAP #s : -
BEST INFO SOURCE : STEPHENSON IS THE
ONLY SOURCE FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS PANORAMIC
VIEW OF THE SEAT OF WAR SHOWS MOST OF THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY FROM BALTIMORE TO HARPERS FERRY AND SOUTH TO
NORFOLK. IT SHOWS ROADS AND RAILROADS GRAPHICALLY.
THE VIEW IS SHADED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO GIVE A THREE
DIMENSIONAL EFFECT SHOWING THE DRAINAGE AREAS OF THE
TRIBUTARIES OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. THE VIEW IS ONE
OF RELATIVELY FEW OF THE AREA ORIENTED WITH SOUTH AT
THE TOP. STEPHENSON GIVES THE VIEW A TENTATIVE DATE
OF 1861. WRITER HAS NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO ASCERTAIN
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF ITS PUBLICATION, ALTHOUGH IT IS
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN RELEASED AS A SEPARATE RATHER
THAN INCLUDED IN AN ATLAS. NO PAGE NUMBERS ARE IN
THE MARGINS. J. HAVEN, 31 EXCHANGE STREET, BOSTON,
WAS THE SALES AGENT FOR THE PUBLISHER.
DATA IS FROM STEPHENSON AND FROM OBSERVATION OF THE
COPY IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.
EDITION & STATE INFO : WRITER HAS SEEN
ONLY A SINGLE EDITION OF THIS PANORAMIC VIEW AND
STEPHENSON LISTS ONLY THE ONE EDITION AND STATE IN
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD
COLLECTION HAS A BEAUTIFUL COLORED COPY OF THIS
PANORAMIC VIEW WITH ONE MARGINAL REPAIR ON THE LEFT
THAT EXTENDS SLIGHTLY INTO THE VIEW. IT HAS AN ACQ.
# OF GS016-UED AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-492.
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.), 38,
ITEM 14.9.
February 24, 1993
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