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Title | Gilpin's Hydrographic Map of North America: Compiled from Astronomical Data of all Existing Authorities |
Alternate Title | Gilpin’s Hydrographic Map of North America |
Creator |
Gilpin, William, 1813-1894 |
Contributor | Hutawa, Julius |
Type of Resource | cartographic |
Date Created | 1848 |
Digital Origin | reformatted digital |
Topics |
Watersheds |
Places | United States Canada Mexico |
Dates | 8,000 B.C. |
Subject Genre | Physical maps Statistical maps |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/10176/codu:55742 |
Rights Statement | Digitized map image courtesy of The Newberry Library; mounted here by permission with "Non-exclusive world rights, English language, web use only, NON DOWNLOADABLE, 5 years only." |
Publisher | Sower, Barnes and Co. |
Language | English |
Extent | 1 online resource (map) : TIFF file, col. |
Physical Note | Raster Original Sheet(s): 80 X 104 cm. |
Scale | [ca. 1:8,850,000] |
Coordinates | (E 175°--W 40°/N 90°--S 10°) |
Notes | » Website description: Gilpin designed this to shift the nation’s center of gravity westward toward the neglected interior, just as the nation acquired new territories in 1848 » Various projection distinguished by different colors. » Host/Source Creator: Gilpin, William, 1813-1894. Host Type of Resource: text. Host Extent: [iii]-xii, 13-194 p. 6 fold. maps (incl. front.) 24 cm. Host Notes: Later editions published under title: Mission of the North American people, geographical, social and political. » Alternate title from Website. |
Host Title | The Central Gold Region. The Grain, Pastoral, and Gold Regions of North America. With Some New Views of its Physical Geography; and Observations on the Pacific Railroad. St. Louis, Mo. : Sower, Barnes & Co., 1848. |
Local Identifiers | Gilpin_s_Hydrographic_Map.tif nationID: 3.20 nationIDchrono: 2.06 nationIDcreator: 1.27 (DLC) 03021050 (Host) (OCoLC)01667686 (Host) (NBYdb)153625 (Host) |