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Brion de la Tour, Louis, Jef
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New Orleans.
1759
Geography Book
| Authors |
Brion de la Tour, Louis, Jefferys, Thomas |
| Full Title |
Plan of New Orleans the capital of Louisiana, with the disposition of its quarters and canals as they have been traced by Mr. de la Tour in the year 1720. (with) The course of Mississipi River from Bayagoulas to the sea. (with) The east mouth of the Mississipi, with the plan of Fort la Balise which defends the entrance and channel of that river. Nov: 1759, published according to Act of Parliament by T. Jefferys at Charing Cross. Price 2 s. |
| List No |
4796.008 |
| Note |
Engraved map with 2 insets. Shows buildings, gardens, lots, magazines, vegetated areas, etc. Scales of inset maps (ca. 1:800,000) and (ca. 1:40,000). |
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Melish, John
Map of the United States of
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1812
Exploration Book
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
Map of the United States of America. J. Melish del. H.S. Tanner Sc. |
| List No |
2341.001 |
| Note |
Uncolored map showing boundary lines, proposed canals, and Melish's route. |
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Tanner, Henry S., Armroyd, G
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A Connected View of The Whol
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1830
Geography Book
| Authors |
Tanner, Henry S., Armroyd, George |
| Full Title |
A Connected View of The Whole Internal Navigation of the United States, ... Corrected and Improved From the Edition of 1826, And Much Enlarged, ... With A Sheet Map, ... The Map Has Been Engraved For the Purpose ... On A Reduced Scale, From Tanner's Excellent Four Sheet Map of the United States, Recently Published. ... By a Citizen of the United States. Philadelphia: Published by the Author ... Printed by Lydia R. Bailey. 1830. (on verso) ...on the seventeenth day of April ... 1830, George Armroyd ... hath deposited ... a Book ... Pennsylvania. |
| List No |
3067.001 |
| Note |
2nd (and best) edition, first with Tanner's Map of the Canals and Railroads of the United States. The map is copyright 1830. The book lists over 150 canals and navigation improvements in great detail. The map shows the most important canals and two railroads in operation, and one proposed railroad (the Great Western Railroad, from New York to the Mississippi River)plus two others. The canals and railroad lines are in color. The first edition appeared in 1826 with 10 maps but without the Tanner map (see our copy #4214). Tanner in 1834 and 1840 (see our copies, #2655 and #979) published a book on Canals and Railroads that uses the same map, updated. Modelski lists the 1834 Tanner map as "one of the earliest general maps of the eastern United States showing railroads in operation." Since this 1830 copy is an earlier state of the same map, it probably qualifies as the true "first." Two folding plates of profiles of canals and railroads at the back. Not in Streeter, Eberstadt, or Graff. Bound in half leather boards with "A Connected View" on the spine. |
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Mitchell, Samuel Augustus, D
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Guide Through The United Sta
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1849
Guide Book
| Authors |
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus, Drake, Ira S. |
| Full Title |
Mitchell's New Traveller's Guide Through The United States, Showing the Rail Roads, Canals, Stage Roads &c. ... Drawn and Engraved by Ira S. Drake. Philadelphia 1849 Published by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. Entered ... 1848, by Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co. ... Pennsylvania. (with 5 inset maps). (with guide book) Mitchell's New Traveller's Guide Through The United States, Containing The Principal Cities, Towns &c. ... Illustrated By An Accurate Map Of The United States. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. 1849. (on verso) Entered ... 1848, by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. ... Pennsylvania. Stereotyped by J. Fagan. Printed by Smith & Peters. |
| List No |
2766.003 |
| Note |
This is a major revision of the guide with an entirely new map by Ira S. Drake (about whom we find nothing) with five inset maps entitled - "Vicinity Of Niagara Falls", "Map Of The Copper Mine Region", "Map of the Gold and Quicksilver district of California", "Map of the Maritime and Overland Routes to California", and "Map Of New England Or Eastern States". The map emphasis on the California gold rush is clear, although the 128 pages of expanded text do not yet list routes to the gold fields, while they do add routes west from St. Louis and Independence. The main map is larger than the earlier Mitchell/Young maps, but shows roughly the same area on a somewhat larger scale. An "Advertisement" (actually a preface) dated Nov. 1, 1848, states: "The following work is similar in design to 'Mitchell's Traveller's Guide,' first published about twelve years ago, and which has been so extremely patronized, that it may be safely asserted no book of the kind ever printed in this country has met with so wide a circulation." Covers are black stamped leather with "Mitchell's New Traveller's Guide Through The United States" and a beautiful illustration of a steam boat and train stamped in gilt. Map is outline color. Catalogue of Thomas, Cowperthwait School Books included in the text. Prime meridian is Washington D.C. |
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