A Map of the Travels of George Washington Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title A Map of the Travels of George Washington

Creator

  • Compiler: National Geographic Society for the National Geographic Magazine
    Creator Type: Organization
  • Editor: Grosvenor, Gilbert
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Printer: Redfield-Downey-Odell Co. Inc.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: Redfield-Downey-Odell Co. Inc., New York.

Publisher

  • Name: The National Geographic Society
    Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
    Additional Info: Copyright 1931 by the National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 1931

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Map of the travels of George Washington in the Middle Atlantic region of the United States between 1732 and 1799, with insets of New York and the lower Hudson Valley, Mount Vernon, the tidewater region of Virginia, Philadelphia, and Boston. The map includes towns, colonial highways, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geological features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,502,720] (39.5 miles to the inch).
  • Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; 71 x 48 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Middle Atlantic States -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: United States -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Washington, George, 1732-1799.
  • Keyword: travels
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Geography and Maps
  • Keyword: French and Indian War
  • Keyword: American Revolution
  • Keyword: mountains
  • Keyword: surveying

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Maine
  • Place Name: United States - Vermont
  • Place Name: United States - Massachusetts
  • Place Name: United States - New York
  • Place Name: United States - Connecticut
  • Place Name: United States - Rhode Island
  • Place Name: United States - Pennsylvania
  • Place Name: United States - Georgia
  • Place Name: United States - South Carolina
  • Place Name: United States - North Carolina
  • Place Name: United States - West Virginia
  • Place Name: United States - Virginia
  • Place Name: United States - Delaware
  • Place Name: United States - New Jersey
  • Coverage Date: 1732/1799

Collection

  • Name: Abilene Library Consortium
    Code: ABCM
  • Name: Jesse Wallace Williams Map Collection
    Code: JWWMC

Institution

  • Name: Hardin-Simmons University Library
    Code: HSUL

Resource Type

  • Map

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: HSU-0307002084167
  • Accession or Local Control No: 9.A.6
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth493465
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