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Ribbon Map Of The Father Of Waters. Coloney, Fairchild & Co. 1866

Ribbon Map Of The Father Of Waters. / Coloney, Fairchild & Co. / 1866
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Full Title: Coloney & Fairchild's Patent Ribbon Maps ... Ribbon Map Of The Father Of Waters. Geographical and Scenic Maps upon this plan of all the rivers, rail road routes, stage and coast lines in the country are in preparation.

Author: Coloney, Fairchild & Co.

Date: 1866

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Author: Coloney, Fairchild & Co.

Date: 1866

Short Title: Ribbon Map Of The Father Of Waters.

Publisher: St. Louis: Gast, Moeller & Co. Lith.

Type: Separate Map

Object Height cm: 7

Object Width cm: 333

Scale 1: 1,267,200

Note: This is the most ambitious Coloney & Fairchild strip or ribbon map: it shows the Mississippi River from its delta to its source at Lake Itaska, a distance of 2600 miles. It is backed on linen and rolls into paper covered spool with a hand crank. This is the revised edition, with much additional material added on river towns by William Bowen, President of the Pilot's Association of St. Louis (this information comes from the promotion for this map printed on the Ribbon Map of New York City). No record of the first issue found, although a copy exists at the Minnesota Historical Society. The river is colored blue against a black and white background. Distances from New Orleans are printed on the river at intervals to the source. Karrow's listing is for a variant: the map printed in five strips on one sheet and folded into the 1866 edition of Edward's Gazetteer of the Mississippi River. Scarce.

Reference: cf Karrow 1-0304.

Subject: Rivers

Full Title: Coloney & Fairchild's Patent Ribbon Maps ... Ribbon Map Of The Father Of Waters. Geographical and Scenic Maps upon this plan of all the rivers, rail road routes, stage and coast lines in the country are in preparation.

List No: 4995.000

Series No: 1

Published In: Coloney & Fairchild's Patent Ribbon Maps ... Ribbon Map Of The Father Of Waters. Geographical and Scenic Maps upon this plan of all the rivers, rail road routes, stage and coast lines in the country are in preparation.

Publication Author: Coloney, Fairchild & Co.

Publication Date: 1866

Publication Reference: cf Karrow 1-0304.

Publication Note: See note field above.

Publication List No: 4995.000

Publication Type: Separate Map

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 7

Publication Width cm: 333

Image No: 4995000

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