Subject: United States
Period: 1876 (dated)
Publication:
Color: Black & White
Size:
26.8 x 16.3 inches
68.1 x 41.4 cm
A highly detailed lithograph published by J.W. Goodspeed. The map presents a dense network of railroads east of the Mississippi River with several transcontinental routes extending to the Pacific Ocean. In addition to railroads, there is good detail of cities and towns, numerous forts, rivers and mountains. The map extends to include railroads in eastern Canada and northern Mexico.
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Condition: B+
Issued folding and now flattened and backed with tissue to reinforce and repair a number of fold separations mostly along the horizontal fold. There is scattered foxing and minor staining in the right margin.