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Title: A new map of Louisiana with its canals, roads and distances from place to place along the stage and steam boat routes; by H.S. Tanner.

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Dates

  • Coverage: 1839
  • Coverage: 1839 to 1839

Summary

Relief shown pictorially. Engraved by W. Brose, Philadelphia. Longitude West from Washington. Inset map of New Orleans. Includes chart of steam boat routes, list of distances from New Orleans to various cities. Shows leading roads, existing and proposed canals and railroads,wetlands, and distances between towns. From Tanner's "A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics Of The World", page 20. Below border at left: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839, by H.S. Tanner, in the Clerks Office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." 1 map: col.; 26 x 33 cm.

Subjects

  • Clark Library Map Collections
  • 2022-creator-sprint
  • Louisiana
  • Railroads
  • Maps

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-94.05,-88.82,33.02,28.92)

Provider

University of Michigan

Rights

  • Access rights: Public
  • This map is in the public domain.

Citation

Brose, W. engraver, Dahl, James, former owner, Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858. A new map of Louisiana with its canals, roads and distances from place to place along the stage and steam boat routes; by H.S. Tanner.. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-012475209/39015095390954

Format

JPEG

Languages

  • eng