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Author
[Colton, J.H., Parker, Nathan H.]
Full Title
(Covers to) Parker's Sectional & Geological Map Of Iowa. Exhibiting her Iron Lead Copper Coal and other Geological Resources And All Rail Roads Completed, in progress, and projected. Compiled from the U.S. Surveys and personal reconnoisance. By Nathan H. Parker. Author of "Iowa As It Is" Clinton Io. 1856. J.H. Colton & Co. 172 William St. New York. D.B. Cooke & Co. Chicago Ill. Entered ... 1856, by N.H. Parker... Iowa. Engraved, Printed And Mounted By J.H. Colton & Co. 172 William Street, New York. (inset) Map Showing the Connections between the Iowa And Eastern Rail Roads.
List No
0699.001
Note
Large scale map of the state, showing coal, iron, lead, and plaster formations, as well as a few finished railroads in the eastern portions, and many proposed or constructing railroads extending westward. There is a list of "Railroads In Iowa" in the lower left. Although "copper" is mentioned in the title, we can find no copper formations listed or in the key. Full color by county. Folded into stamped red cloth covers 16x10.5 with "Sectional And Geological Map Of Iowa N.H. Parker." stamped in gilt.
Author
Rand McNally and Company
Full Title
(Covers to) Rand, McNally & Co.'s new geological map of Colorado. Copyright, 1879, by Rand, McNally & Co.
List No
4788A
Note
This is a very unusual map for Rand McNally to issue - geological maps were not common in their catalog and this may be the only one they published. It was probably the interest in mining that motivated publication and the inclusion of "Mineralogical References" in the map key. The main source for the geological formations was Hayden's General Geological Map of Colorado that appeared in his 1877 Atlas of Colorado. But Rand McNally's map has much more detail on towns and railroads than Hayden and is a much superior map in that respect. Ellis 82 is the 1880 edition, which was also issued without geological coloring as "Rand McNally & Co.'s New Sectional Map of Colorado." This map is in printed full color, folded into dark blue cloth covers 16.5x10 titled "Rand, McNally & Co's geological and mineralogical maps Of Colorado" in gold.
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