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MAP #: 363D5

CARTOGRAPHER : THE WEEKLY DISPATCH [PUBLISHER]

DATE: 1863

SHORT TITLE : SEAT OF WAR IN VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND.

REMAINING TITLE & ID : (IN BLOCK LETTERS ABOVE TOP NEAT LINE). THE SYMBOL OF "THE DISPATCH ATLAS" (TOP OF A GLOBE WITH THE NAME ON AN UNFURLED BANNER AROUND THE GLOBE, TO RIGHT AND LEFT OF THE TITLE). "WEEKLY DISPATCH, 139 FLEET STREET." (LEFT BOTTOM MARGIN). "E. WELLER, LITH. RED LION SQ." (RIGHT BOTTOM MARGIN). SCALE OF 20 STATUTE MILES (CENTER BOTTOM MARGIN). MAP EXTENDS THROUGH RIGHT NEAT LINE NORTHEAST OF BALTIMORE. THE REVERSE SIDE IS BLANK. LONGITUDE WEST FROM GREENWICH (TOP BORDER) AND FROM WASHINGTON (BOTTOM BORDER). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1863
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : LONDON
PUBLISHER : THE WEEKLY DISPATCH
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 45.3 X 31.3 CM. (BETWEEN NEAT LINES)
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 400,000
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-565
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : B015-DUN
REGION CATEGORY : DETAILED MAP OF PART OF THE MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA (2)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : CIVIL WAR MAP (4)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 3
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 & GREENWICH (8)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 363D6
BEST INFO SOURCE : PHILLIPS ATLASES LISTS THE MAP.
DESCRIPTION : THIS IS SHEET ONE OF THREE DEPICTING THE SEAT OF WAR IN VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND THAT APPEAR IN THE DISPATCH ATLAS, LONDON: THE WEEKLY DISPATCH, 1863. THE MAP EXTENDS FROM GETTYSBURG IN THE NORTH TO FREDERICKSBURG, VA. AND FROM THE CHESAPEAKE BAY TO HAGERSTOWN. CITIES, TOWNS, MOUNTAINS, ROADS, CANALS, RIVERS, FERRIES, BRIDGES, AND RAILROADS ARE SHOWN. THE LOCATION OF BUILDINGS IN THE TOWNS IS SHOWN SCHEMATICALLY.

EDITION & STATE INFO : ONLY A SINGLE EDITION OF THIS ATLAS IS CITED BY PHILLIPS. IT IS LIKELY THAT ONLY A SINGLE EDITION AND STATE OF THE MAP WAS PUBLISHED.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A GOOD BLACK AND WHITE COPY WITH WATER AREAS SHOWN IN BLUE WITH AN ACQ. # OF B015-DUN AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-565.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : PHILLIPS, PHILIP LEE, A LIST OF GEOGRAPHICAL ATLASES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, AMSTERDAM: THEATRVM ORBIS TERRARVM, LTD, A 1971 REPRINT OF A 1909 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PUBLICATION, # 839, MAP # 222.

January 28, 1992


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