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English: 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). Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault |
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| Title | 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. Seedampfschiffahrt | ||
| Shelf ID | G6031.P2 1856 .H3 | ||
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| Source | https://www.loc.gov/item/2018588027/ | ||
| Author | Hanser, G.; Fillmore, Millard; Serz & Cie | ||
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| Location | Benelux Countries · Switzerland · Europe, Central · Germany · Central Europe | ||
| Part of | American Memory · Transportation And Communication · Geography And Map Division | ||
| Subject | Post Roads · Benelux Countries · Europe, Central · Railroads · German States · Maps · Germany · Road Maps · Administrative And Political Divisions · Switzerland · 19Th Century · History |
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