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United States of America, Central America, West Indies. 'A new map of Our Country,...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/1370
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This record is about the United States of America, Central America, West Indies. 'A new map of Our Country,... dating from 1855-1858 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- FO 925/1370
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1858
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United States of America, Central America, West Indies. 'A new map of Our Country, present and prospective. Compiled from Government Surveys and other Reliable Sources...': shows state boundaries, communications; steamships and sailing vessels on the sea. Above the title is an eagle surmounting a globe with the American continent rising from the sea. Decorative border with the American eagle at each corner. Scale: 1 inch to 110 miles. Statistical tables: distance and area, population, literacy, slavery, pauperism, crime, railroads. Inset maps of the world and of the Sandwich Islands. Engraved by L Lipman, New York. Published by Gaston and Johnson, New York, 1855. Certified as accurate by James P McLean, the General Land Office, Washington. Endorsed: 'Inclosed in Mr. Buchanan's Dispatch Separate of 6 October 1858'.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- 166 cm x 146 cm
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- Engraved, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 2095
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3817937/
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Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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