Map of the United States and Mexico. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Map of the United States and Mexico.

Creator

  • Author: Butterfield, Carlos
    Creator Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: Johnson & Browning
    Place of Publication: [New York]

Date

  • Creation: 1859

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Map shows state boundaries, major cities, ports, and towns, mail routes, existing and proposed railroads, major roads with distances, and shipping routes for the continental United States, Mexico, the West Indies, Central America, and the northwestern portion of South America; western territories of the U.S. include Dakota, Nebraska, Washington, Oregon, [unlabeled lower Idaho], Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas, and Indian Territory; eastern portion of [modern day] Colorado is split between Nebraska, Kansas, and New Mexico territories but unlabeled [or partially labeled as "Colona"]; major shipping routes and historical routes of exploration for the Atlantic Ocean and portions of the Pacific Ocean on inset. Includes illustrations of ships, historical notes, "Table of Distances", and "Table showing the route of the steamers of the United States and Mexican Mail Steam Ship Line and the various ports in the Gulf of Mexico at which they are to touch, as also the distances between the said ports." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:5,400,000-1:7,800,000].
  • Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; 74 x 90 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Geography and Maps
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - North America
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - United States
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - Mexico
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Steamboat lines -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Trade routes -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Mail steamers -- United States -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Mail steamers -- Mexico -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Shipping -- United States -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Shipping -- Mexico -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Ships -- Illustrations -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: United States -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: United States -- Territories and possessions -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Mexico -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Central America -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: West Indies -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: West (U.S.) -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Caribbean Area -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Mexico, Gulf of -- Maps.

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Coverage Date: 1859
  • Place Name: United States
  • Place Name: Mexico
  • Place Name: West Indies Archipelago

Collection

  • Name: Map Collections from the University of Texas at Arlington
    Code: UTAM

Institution

  • Name: University of Texas at Arlington Library
    Code: UTA

Resource Type

  • Map

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 800591
  • OCLC: 12843491
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth193523

Note

  • Digital Preservation: creationHardware: BetterLight Super8K
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