1856 - The Map Database (beta)

Maps of ‘1856’

Title: La Plata, Argentina 1856
Date: 1856
Full Title: Map of the basin of La Plata : based upon the results of the expedition under the command of Thos. J. Page, U.S. Navy in the years 1853, '54, '55, & '56. and of the adjacent countries / compiled from the best authorities.
Publication Date: 1856
Map Publisher: Bien, Julius, 1826-1909
Notes: Relief shown by hachures. Includes cross section "Vertical section of the rivers Parana and Paraguay from Curumba to the sea."
Scale: 1:3,000,000
Original Item Description: 1 map : col. 91 x 67 cm.
Repository: American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital Publisher: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights: The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Web Source: American Geographical Society Digital Map Collection

Title: Milwaukee (Wisconsin) 1856
Full Title: Map of Milwaukee / by I.A. Lapham ; eng. by Sherman & Smith, N.Y.
Date: 1856
Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875;
Contributors: Sherman & Smith;
Publisher: Sherman & Smith (New York)
Description: Includes inset map of Glidden & Lockwood’s addition. Gives names of some property owners.
Scale: 1:7,920 1 in. = 660 feet
Publication Date: 1856
Web Source: American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

Title: Milwaukee (Wisconsin) 1856
Full Title: Map of Milwaukee created by I.A. Lapham ; eng. by Sherman & Smith, N.Y.
Date: 1856
Creator: Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875
Contributors: Sherman & Smith
Publisher: Sherman & Smith (New York)
Description: Includes inset map of Glidden & Lockwood’s addition. Gives names of some property owners.
Scale: 1:7,920
Publication Date: 1856
Web Source: American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

Title: Eastern Kansas 1856
Date: 1856
Full Title: Map of Eastern Kansas / by E.B. Whitman & A.D. Searl
Creator: Whitman, E. B. (Edmund Burke), 1812-1883
Contributors: Searle, A. D.
Publication Date: 1856
Notes: Shows towns, trading posts, forts, Indian villages, trails, and Indian boundaries.
Scale: 1:525,888 3 in. = 25 miles
Original Item Description: 1 map : col. 70 x 84 cm., originally folded to 16 x 10 cm., in cloth case.
Repository: American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital Publisher: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights: The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Web Source: American Geographical Society Digital Map Collection

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