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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Maps of North America

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Title
Map of the United States
Names
United States. War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers (Publisher)
Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883 (Creator)
Freyhold, Edward (Draftsman)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

Whole

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1877
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: Office of the Chief of Engineers, War Department
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 15-5172
Topics
Military bases -- United States
Arsenals -- United States
United States
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: prepared by authority of the Honorable the Secretary of War, in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, under the direction of Brig. General A.A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers & Bvt. Maj. Gen'l, U.S. Army ; originally compiled and drawn by E. Freyhold.
Content: Arsenals, armories, forts, and barracks indicated by red flags.
Content: Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map on 2 sheets : color ; 85 x 128 cm, sheets 95 x 67 cm
Description
Includes notes, inset of Alaska, and inset of West Indies and Central America.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006459244
RLIN/OCLC: 77546973
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20643979
Other local Identifier: US016.1.03
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3f781c10-bd48-0133-b6c0-00505686d14e
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1877: Issued
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the United States" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1877. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4c144c50-2c34-0135-adc6-0d1d9f22a7c3

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the United States" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4c144c50-2c34-0135-adc6-0d1d9f22a7c3

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1877). Map of the United States Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4c144c50-2c34-0135-adc6-0d1d9f22a7c3

Wikipedia Citation

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Map of the United States