Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: United States & Texas. With all the railways and canals
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Author:
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Lizars, William Home, 1788-1859
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Date:
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1841
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Short Title:
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United States & Texas. With all the railways and canals
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Publisher:
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W.H. Lizars
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Publisher:
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S. Highley; W. Curry, Jun. & Co.
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Publisher Location:
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Edinburgh,London; Dublin
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Publisher Location:
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Edinburgh,London; Dublin
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Type:
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Atlas Map
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Obj Height cm:
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42
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Obj Width cm:
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52
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Scale 1:
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6,500,000
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Note:
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Double page engraved hand colored in outline. Relief shown by hachures. Shows "Republic of Texas," the eastern United States and its western territories, Indian settlements, towns, roads, railroads, rivers, canals and mountains. Prime meridian is Greenwich.
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Reference:
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Philips Atlases 782.
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Country:
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United States
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State/Province:
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Texas
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Subject:
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Railroad
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Subject:
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Canals
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Full Title:
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United States & Texas. With all the railways and canals. Published by W. Lizars, Edinburgh. (to accompany) Lizars' Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas ... 1841.
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List No:
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0438.074
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Page No:
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LXIII
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Series No:
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74
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Publication Author:
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Lizars, William Home, 1788-1859
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Pub Date:
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1841
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Pub Title:
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Lizars' Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas: Containing Maps Of Every Empire, State, And Kingdom; With A Tabular View Of The Heights Of The Great Mountain Chains, And A Very Copious And Comprehensive Consulting Index. Compiled, Drawn, And Engraved, From The Latest And Most Authentic Sources ... The Whole Engraved Upon Sixty-Nine Plates. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 3, St James' Square; S. Highley, 32, Fleet Street, London; And W. Curry, Jun., & Co., Dublin. 1841.
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Pub Reference:
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Philips Atlases 782.
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Pub Note:
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A later edition of the 1826 atlas, published by William H. Lizars, a Scottish painter and engraver. Date is on the spine only. Atlas contains 69 double-page engraved hand colored in outline map sheets, contents ”Index to the maps”, numbered 1-70, as listed but no. 32 omitted, no. 70 is double-page engraved “Table of mountain chains”, and 16 pages of index to the name of places and maps" at the end. Maps show political and administrative boundaries, cities, villages, rivers, lakes and mountains. This volume includes two maps, one of the United States and one of Mexico, both showing the Republic of Texas. Relief shown by hachures. Some maps includes notes. Prime meridian is Greenwich. Covers are half leather dark green cloth covered boards with "Lizars' General Atlas. 1841" stamped in gilt on the spine.
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Pub List No:
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0438.000
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Pub Type:
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World Atlas
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Pub Maps:
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68
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Pub Height cm:
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49
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Pub Width cm:
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34
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Image No:
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0438074.jp2
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Authors:
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Lizars, William Home, 1788-1859
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