Tidewater and environs /
Historical map, with notes, of the Tidewater region of the eastern United States showing roads, railroads, drainage, canals, towns, battlefields, mines, parks, airports, and historic sites. Includes portions of the states of Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina...
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| Format: | Map |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Geographic Society,
1988.
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| Summary: | Historical map, with notes, of the Tidewater region of the eastern United States showing roads, railroads, drainage, canals, towns, battlefields, mines, parks, airports, and historic sites. Includes portions of the states of Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and small slices of Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Extent of map is Zanesville, Ohio (northwest), Camden, New Jersey (northeast), and the Savannah River (southwest). Data on verso includes historical text and illustrations, and maps showing Indian tribes, crops, Civil War battles/sites, and land use. Recto also includes "abbreviations" and metric conversions. |
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| Item Description: | Relief shown by shading and spot heights. "Supplement to the National Geographic, June 1988, Page 804A, Volume 173, Number 6-Tidewater." "Last in a series of seventeen maps." On verso: 1. ca 1500-1650 first encounters -- 2. 1650-1783 farming and frontiering -- 3. 1780-1865 rivalries and rupture -- 4. 1865-1950 diversified growth -- 5. 1950-present uneven growth -- [6]. The changing capital region. Cartographic material. |
| Physical Description: | 1 map : color ; 67 x 50 cm. |