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Map of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the West Indies with Central America, showing all the routes to California with a table of distances

Description: A map whose basic function is to compare mileage of various routes. Table of distances. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Many MS notes and figures.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1858
Call number: 244675
Creator: Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 63 x 54 cm folded to 15 x 9 cm
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