A new map of South Carolina with its canals, roads & distances from place to place along the stage & steam boat routes.

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A new map of South Carolina with its canals, roads & distances from place to place along the stage & steam boat routes.

Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[n.p., 1836], c1833.

SUMMARY
The earliest general map to show the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company's line which began in Charleston, S.C. It was completed to Hamburg, S.C., in 1833. Its 136 miles of track were then the longest in the world.

NOTES
Scale ca. 1:1,400,000.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1833, by H. S. Tanner.

From his A New Universal Atlas . . . (Philadelphia, 1836). For a complete description of this atlas see P. L. Phillips' A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress (Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1909) v. 1, no. 774.

Reference: LC Railroad maps, 299

Description derived from published bibliography.

SUBJECTS
South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company--Maps.
South Carolina--Maps.
United States--South Carolina.

MEDIUM
map 28 x 33 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G3910 1833 .T3 RR 299

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

DIGITAL ID
g3910 rr002990 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3910.rr002990

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