COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Bufford, J. H.
Date:
1861
Short Title:
War Map of the Middle States
Publisher:
J. H. Bufford
Publisher:
Goupil & Co.
Publisher Location:
Boston
Publisher Location:
London, Paris
Publisher Location:
Boston
Publisher Location:
London, Paris
Type:
Separate Map
Obj Height cm:
100
Obj Width cm:
71
Scale 1:
None shown
Note:
Colored rare bird’s-eye view of the theatre of conflict at the opening of the American Civil War. The view extends from Chesapeake Bay in the foreground to encompass the Appalachians and the watersheds of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Shows topographical features, cities and towns, roads and railroads, and areas of elevation and waterways, in an unusual oblique view that captures a larger amount of landscape than appears in other Civil War views such as the Bachmanns (see our copies).. Relief shown by shadings. Tables in the left and right margins show distances by rail between Washington, D.C.; Cairo, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri and other parts of the country. The map tracks the Mississippi as far south as Memphis. The whole is centered on Louisville Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley.
Country:
United States
Region:
Middle Atlantic States
Event:
U.S. Civil War
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
Pictorial map
Full Title:
War Map of the Middle States : Balloon View of Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee and parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Boston, Lithographed and published by J.H. Bufford, 33, Washington Street. Paris & London. Published by Goupil & Co. New York. Pub: M. Knoedler, 772 Broadway.
List No:
9868.000
Publication Author:
Bufford, J. H.
Pub Date:
1861
Pub Title:
War Map of the Middle States : Balloon View of Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee and parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Boston, Lithographed and published by J.H. Bufford, 33, Washington Street. Paris & London. Published by Goupil & Co. New York. Pub: M. Knoedler, 772 Broadway.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
9868.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Height cm:
100
Pub Width cm:
71
Image No:
9868000.jp2
Authors:
Bufford, J. H.
Link To Source
War Map of the Middle States
