Photo Relief Map of North America

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This photo relief map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Blue outlining marks countries, roads, and bodies of water. States, territories, and provinces throughout the continent are marked in dotted lines and labeled. Geographic features are marked with relief shown by spot heights and shading. A note in the lower left corner says, "Heights are given in Feet above Sea Level."

Physical Description

1 map : col. ; 39 x 32 cm.

Creation Information

Brion, Henry F. & McClure, Edmond 1885.

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Description

This photo relief map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Blue outlining marks countries, roads, and bodies of water. States, territories, and provinces throughout the continent are marked in dotted lines and labeled. Geographic features are marked with relief shown by spot heights and shading. A note in the lower left corner says, "Heights are given in Feet above Sea Level."

Physical Description

1 map : col. ; 39 x 32 cm.

Notes

In lower margin right: "Photo Relief Map. Series No. 2. Patented, No. 10487, 1885."
From the Virginia Garrett Cartographic Collections.

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  • Call Number: 126/8 00259
  • Accession or Local Control No: UTA_1024162
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth50293

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Map Collections from the University of Texas at Arlington

Funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities "We the People" grant, this collection showcases maps from the Gulf Coast region and the greater Southwest.

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  • 1885

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  • Oct. 11, 2009, 12:06 a.m.

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Brion, Henry F. & McClure, Edmond. Photo Relief Map of North America, map, 1885; London, England. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth50293/: accessed December 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas at Arlington Library.

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