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American railway guide, and pocket companion for the United States ... : together with a complete railway map
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Image of a broadside with columns containing statistics related to the populations of American cities and the distance between locations by railroad, steamboat, canal, and stage lines, with a top center wood-engraved vignette of an exterior view of the United States Capitol building captioned "Capitol at Washington."
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the remarkable amount of western settlement at the time. It locates the Green Bay Settlement in Wisconsin, and the country as far as Fort Snelling. It is the only authentic map of the Middle West of the period." Numerous tables and submaps. Cartouche: Mechanical progress. Submaps: Vicinity of Boston; Vicinity of New York; Vicinity of Philadelphia; Vicinity of Baltimore and Washington; Vicinity of Charleston; Vicinity of N. Orleans; Map of North America including all the Recent Geographical Discoveries. Tables: Statistics of the United States; Comparative heights of mountains, lengths of rivers; Index of Counties &c. in the United States; Lengths of the Principal Canals in the United States; Distances of the Erie and Champlain Canals.. Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: VignettesCartoucheSub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: 599 4 sheets.
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Shows railway lines in the United States, Canada and Mexico
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Alt. title from cover. Shows rail lines centering on Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati, and the completed western part of the Pacific Railway. MS note: 353763 Submaps: Railways centering at Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis. The western portion of the Pacific Railway. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Travel 10.00.
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Submap: City of New York. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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MS note in cover states a manuscript addition to the map, "Shows route pursued by Genl. Kearny on his return from California." The map is preceded by 11 p. of text, with caption: Particulars of routes, distances, fares, etc., to accompany Colton's map of California and the gold region. Collected from official documents. Vignette: Pyramid Lake. Submaps: South America; Gold Region. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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