Subject: United States
Period: 1873 (dated)
Publication: Statistical Atlas of the United States…Ninth Census, 1870
Color: Printed Color
Size:
33.2 x 21.2 inches
84.3 x 53.8 cm
Compiled by Hitchcock and W.P. Blake, accompanying the report of R.W. Raymond, U.S. Commissioner of Mining Statistics. Printed in full color. A table lower left provides an explanatory key to the colors used to indicate the geological formations. It is a colorful and carefully drawn map showing considerable geographical detail as well as its geological information. A legend shows identifying marks for railroads, military and wagon roads, canals, army arsenals and forts, etc.
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Condition: B
Great color and strong, bold impression. Backed with Japanese tissue to repair splits. A tiny (1/16") area of loss in Nevada. A very good example of this large and colorful map.