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Statistical map of the United States of America / prepared by James S. Cowdon and James D. Holman, Special Statisticians, under the direction of the Hon. John C. Black, Commissioner of Pensions
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Map showing location of "Gallego" Tract of forty thousand acres, of coal, timber, &c. lands, Fayette Co., W. Va
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Old shelf mark Eph J5-26(8). Note Charleston misspelling. Library of Congress has the original manuscript version of this map available in their online collection (http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/gmd:@field%28NUMBER+@band%28g3893f+cwh00255%29%29. Accessed 6/21/2010). Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Geological map of the State of Tennessee : prepared with reference to the development of the mineral & agricultural resources of the state / by Jas. M. Safford, A.M. State Geologist
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No old shelf mark. Note: Phillips 839. Map appeared in A geological reconnaissance of the state of Tennessee, Tennessee State Geological Survey, 1856 (RB 119964, the map in our copy has a gaping hole just south of Cumberland). Submaps: Geological Section from point A on the Mississippi, through Nashville and Knoxville, to the Warm Springs of North Carolina; Map of Tennessee Copper Mines. Table of Geological Formations of Tennessee. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Official map of Chinatown in San Francisco : prepared under the supervision of the special committee of the Board of Supervisors. July 1885. W.B. Farwell. John E. Kunkler. E.B. Pond
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No old shelf mark. A very explicit map. "The colors indicate as follows; General Chinese Occupancy (orange) Chinese Gambilng Houses (pink) Chinese Prostitution (green) Chinese Opium Resorts (yellow) Chinese Joss Houses (red) White Prostitution (blue). The map and colors show only the first or street floor of Chinatown and the occupancy of same." Dupont Street became Grant Avenue, Montgomery St. here became Columbus St. According to Dr. Robert Chandler, Historian for Wells Fargo Co. in San Francisco, "This is quite a famous map. It was part of the Municipal Report for that year and then published separately with the Chinatown Section. . . .SF Call reporter at the time, Ernest C. Stock, declared the basement occupants were even worse..." See RB 80542 for a copy of the Municipal Report. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Geological map of the State of California : issued by State Mining Bureau compiled under the direction of Fletcher Hamilton, State Mineralogist / geology by James Perrin Smith
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The Mother Lode is shown as a thin red line. Legend Geological. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles, kilometers. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 8580 Sticker: Map rolled California 8580 N. W. Corner main floor.
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Chart of the N. W. Coast of America and the N. E. Coast of Asia, explored in the Years 1778 and 1779, Prepared by Lieut Henry Roberts, under the immediate inspection of Capt Cook
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This map is a duplicate of 093:013, pub. Charing Cross, January 1st 1808. Kashnor notes probable date of this particular map as 1810. From map: The Interesting Discoveries made by the British and American ships since the first publication of this chart in 1784, Together with the Hydrographical Materials, lately procured from St. Petersburg and other places, have enabled Mr. De La Rochette to lay down the numerous improvements which appear in the present edition. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues, wersts. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: No. 16.
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Map of the Railroads in the United States in Operation and Progress to accompany a report from the Treasury Department by Isreal D. Andrew's drawn and engraved under direction of the Editor of the American Railroad Journal. Lith. James B. Johnson
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