Description: A map from 1898 of the United States showing physical features of mountain systems and highlands, basins, plains, prairies, limits of the glacial terminal moraines, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. The highlands above 2000 feet are shown in the buff tints, the lowlands in the green tints, and the submerged part of the continental plateau in the light blue tint.
Place Names: A Complete Map of the United States, New York, Mississippi River, Rio Grande, Colorado River, Sierra Nevadas, Gulf of Mexico, Missouri River, Columbia River, Ohio River, Edge of Glacial Drift, Laurentian Platea
ISO Topic Categories: boundaries,
elevation,
inlandWaters,
transportation,
geoscientificInformation
Keywords: The United States, physical, political, transportation, historical, physical features,
topographical, country borders,
major political subdivisions, water routes, boundaries,
elevation,
inlandWaters,
transportation,
geoscientificInformation, Unknown,1898
Source: Jacques W. Redway and Russell Hinman, Natural Advanced Geography (New York, NY: American Book Company , 1898) 48
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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