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Post- und Eisenbahn-Reisekarte-Deutschland, Holland, die Schweiz, Italien bis Neapel, der grösste Theil von Frankreich, Ungarn, Polen etc. - mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Eisenbahnen u.
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Post- und Eisenbahn-Reisekarte-Deutschland, Holland, die Schweiz, Italien bis Neapel, der grösste Theil von Frankreich, Ungarn, Polen etc. - mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Eisenbahnen u.

Post-road/railroad map of Central Europe (Germany, Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Hungary, and adjacent regions). The component German states/principalities and adjacent countries are shown in distinctive border coloration. Title from map-content area (recto). When affixed to the cloth backing the map sheet was sectioned to 24 panels. Handwritten (cursive script) inked identification statement on paper label affixed to cloth backing (verso): German post and rail in 1856, Millard Fillmore, May 16, 1856. LC sheet imperfect: Use-worn, LC accession rubber-stamp in map-content area (top recto), lead-pencil annotations on cloth backing (verso). Includes notes, indexed table titled "Statistische Uebersicht der 38 deutschen Bundesstaaten", railroad distance table, waterways distance table, and key to abbreviations. Five paper panels with statistical tables, panel with spa/health-resort locations, panel with 6 trans-Alpine road profiles, and cover panel affixed to cloth backing (verso). Vault

Date
1856
Mapmaker / publisher
Hanser, G.; Fillmore, Millard; Serz & Cie
Place
Germany
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
7,686 × 8,988 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

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"Post- und Eisenbahn-Reisekarte-Deutschland, Holland, die Schweiz, Italien bis Neapel, der grösste Theil von Frankreich, Ungarn, Polen etc. - mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Eisenbahnen u." (1856). Hanser, G.; Fillmore, Millard; Serz & Cie. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Post-_und_Eisenbahn-Reisekarte-Deutschland,_Holland,_die_Schweiz,_Italien_bis_Neapel,_der_gr%C3%B6sste_Theil_von_Frankreich,_Ungarn,_Polen_etc._-_mit_besonderer_R%C3%BCcksicht_auf_Eisenbahnen_u._LOC_2018588027.jpg

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