File:1865 U.S.C.S. Chart or Map of the Mississippi River around Cairo Illinois - Geographicus - RivMiss1Col-USCS-1865.jpg
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Mississippi River from Cairo Illinois to St. Mary’s Missouri in VI Sheets. Reconnaissance for the use of the Mississippi Squadron under the command of Acting Rear Admiral S.P.L.E.E, U.S.N. By the part of E. H. Gerdes, Assistant; assigned by A.D. Bache, Supdt. United States Coast Survey. |
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English: This is a beautifully hand colored 1865 United States Coast Survey chart or map of a sinuous part of the Mississippi River around Cairo, Illinois near the branching off of the Ohio River. Sheet one of a six sheet set depicting the Mississippi River from Cairo Illinois to St. Mary’s Missouri. The bends in the river are named, as are the many river islands shown. Notes towns, wood lots, landings and farms, many of which are shown with family names. This map was created under the direction of A. D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States and one of the most influential American cartographers of the 19th century. |
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1865 date QS:P571,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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height: 16 in (40.6 cm); width: 23 in (58.4 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,16U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,23U218593 |
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Geographicus link: RivMiss1Col-USCS-1865 |
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Object location | 37° 02′ 00″ N, 89° 12′ 00″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 37.033333; -89.200000 |
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current | 20:23, 15 March 2011 | 2,709 × 4,000 (1.84 MB) | BotMultichill (talk | contribs) | {{subst:User:Multichill/Geographicus |link=http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/RivMiss1Col-USCS-1865 |product_name=1865 U.S.C.S. Chart or Map of the Mississippi River around Cairo Illinois |map_title=Mississippi River from Cairo Illinois to St. Mary� |
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Categories:
- 1865 maps of Illinois
- 1865 maps of Missouri
- 1865 maps of Kentucky
- Confluence of the Mississippi River and the Ohio River
- Maps of Alexander County, Illinois
- Maps of Ballard County, Kentucky
- Maps of Mississippi County, Missouri
- Old maps of the Mississippi River
- United States Coast Survey maps
- Fort Defiance State Park (Illinois)
- Bird's Point, Missouri
- Superscript abbreviations