Research Catalog

Title

Lloyd's official map of the state of Virginia from actual surveys by order of the executive, 1828 & 1859 / corrected and revised by J.T. Lloyd to 1862, from surveys made by Capt. W. Angelo Powell, of the U.S. Topographical Engineers.

Author

Lloyd, James T.

Publication

164 Broadway, New York : J.T. Lloyd, Publisher, [1862]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Powell, W. Angelo
• United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.
• General Daniel Butterfield Collection.

Description

1 map : hand colored; 76 x 120 cm

Alternative Title

Map of Virginia.

Subject

• Virginia > Maps
• Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Maps
• West Virginia > Maps
• Virginia

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

• Shows forts, towns, mills, factories, iron works, drainage,county names and boundaries, roads, and railroads.
• Relief shown by hachures.
• Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
• Includes text, population table, and lists of steamboat routes and altitudes.
• Differs from other 1862 edition in including a list of new maps to the right of the map title as well as "Deviation of the magnetic needle . . ." and "Memoranda" describing the sources and projection used to make the map, and lacking the warning to the right of the map title. Lacks labeling of Ft. Calhoun, just south of Hampton Roads.
• "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.T. Lloyd in the clerks office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York."

Indexed In (note)

• Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.)

Source (note)

• Mrs. Daniel Butterfield;

Call Number

Map Div. 21-284

LCCN

99448497

OCLC

50944020

Author

Lloyd, James T., creator, publisher.

Title

Lloyd's official map of the state of Virginia from actual surveys by order of the executive, 1828 & 1859 / corrected and revised by J.T. Lloyd to 1862, from surveys made by Capt. W. Angelo Powell, of the U.S. Topographical Engineers.

Publisher

164 Broadway, New York : J.T. Lloyd, Publisher, [1862]

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:650,000 (W 83°46ʹ--W 74°45ʹ/N 40°38ʹ--N 36°17ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 465

Local Note

NYPL copy in Map Div. 21-284 folded in leather cover 20 x 13 cm, with cover title Map of Virginia. Imperfect copy: trimmed on all sides, lacking most text in title and publisher area. Some parts trimmed off have been pasted onto remaining sheet, including southwesternmost Lee County, scale, legend, and text on steamboat routes. Overall sheet dimensions now 61 x 99 cm.

NYPL copy in Map Div. 21-284 has accession no. stamped on verso: 36618.

Source

Gift; Mrs. Daniel Butterfield; 1903-1904

Connect to:

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Library of Congress copy image

Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York.

Added Author

General Daniel Butterfield Collection.

Powell, W. Angelo, surveyor.

United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.

Cover Title

Map of Virginia. NN

Research Call Number

Map Div. 21-284