Map of reconnaissance exhibiting the country between Washington and New Orleans
Relief shown by hachures.; Prime meridian: Washington. Longitude coordinates expressed here as measured from Greenwich.; Details three alternate routes, and includes a straight line showing the shortest distance between Washington and New Orleans, with latitude and distances noted at intervals.; Scale ca. 1:2,100,000 (W 92°--W 77°/N 39°--N 30°); Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
- Date
- 1826
- Mapmaker / publisher
- Scan by NYPL
- Place
- the United States
- Archive
- New York Public Library (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- chart
- Original size
- 10,328 × 7,760 pixels
Public domainsafest
Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.
Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.
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