A New Map of Maryland and Delaware with their Canals, Roads & Distances.

Samuel Augustus Mitchell.

 

Date of original: 1849

Dimensions: 13.78" x 17.72" (original size), 20.67" x 26.58" (150% original), 27.56" x 35.44" (200% original).  [Custom sizing also available.  Please contact us for more information.]

Coverage: Scale c. 1:1,200,000

Subject: Steamboat Lines - Maryland - Baltimore - Delaware - Distances, etc.

Notes: Relief shown by hachures.  Includes a table of steamboat routes from Baltimore to Norfolk, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.  Shows canals, railroads, state capitals, county towns, stage roads, and distances between towns.  Inset includes index to public and commercial buildings. 

 

Alan M. Voorhees Collection - The Alan M. Voorhees Map Collection extends from the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle through the U.S. Civil War period with the bulk of the collection consisting of pre20th century maps. In a variety of map formats, such as nautical charts and views, the collection focuses primarily on the Chesapeake Bay area and the development of Virginia within the larger geographical and historical contexts of Europe and America.