The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-04-23
THE WASHINGTON MAP
OF THE
v Mt % STATES,
National Observatory, Washington

BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
National Observatory, wasAinssen.
WE hsve the ss.isfacfon Of enerus 20 the nuelie
w sAew Map II the Unitsd states cons,rue,ssi
from materials more ample ard win asts mar sssn,
and sath~n.ic, than IL poss 90 have cmployea
| !" say Nap ofth. kind hitherto Published.
Unti within few yrsss knox led 70 coneer,,n
he Ecnersphy of all that portion OF country an
| ofretd witnin The Territories vas almea st a blank
mspt explorations and Surveys are dali, ada ipr \, @
kaosiedge - All such sources Of ation 60,
- naescr-a mos. "xpersnce tjpokraphieSf eagineer
Our otaasheniAn has been permitted by the pro.,ey
authorities In Wssineton To have unrest rieed 49,.
Ionseqnfh'iy, the Washington Map is brought out
sssH Ia we mnntest details, completely up 10 date
itha richly eolorea and beautifully Illustrated rcIi.
nap vsry near SIX ieet square, drawn By the mos,
espert. and sx-eu.ed By ibe bosl sngr4vss
hat the country adords including those employed bv
/ me Coast Survey department and U. Mint uudr,
direction ofMr II Holmes. No eIpense has be-
extends In ishlu is from D. 10 600 N esbrac,us b.
sides tho Whole Of the Urltsd States al one view
| Cenrsi America, Mexico, tho British Provinces OF
New BruDswtck sndIhs larger port,n of ovs sr.,is
together with the inhabited OF Ina two Cans
o.. Also eoei,ins ,hs pfineps = est India islana.
| as hayti The whole OF J.msies aud Cuba with thr
| Cha mel. Wv ''' "a
rhe margin Is decorated with m.da,nan tit.,.s...
OF all The Presidents, from Washington 10 InenIn .
while the blank nied up With n,:
one OF each hemisphere, and the unued states
4
ofseiia specially Besides ihese there are 10 sirue
zion cuts With dsgrsms with tables Of stss,iea and
othsr ass tui Information from the last c~nsua
The aSfss s ersss,iat.ss are marked apou the com,
VS. snh essfy ssvaniaod county upon The eontineot
70 correctly Shown: IL 10 believed thai no map OF
he counuy ever before presented such 80 amount ot
varied nsefni, and information a. has be.n
amhodisd IN this one. The map is . real mslis. IN
pSrrs- fnil N osrrhovfng but clear aud IN rr5Ynr
destgn vas to furnish good topogra phics mar Of .h
United States and adjacent couoirIes that shauId he
ser. ..s-ts "a dsta snd large, hsn any that
pp hst IN shayV
Accordingly, the seals adopted for this IL 0o 0s or
about 81 statute nj lee to The inch This Is Ibr o.e
most used by the EyvsrBmens for maps,
with the fewet object ;he gresisst number Of nj
NsHtaEes. Hts Constructed By apt. Msbier. on tkA
~aes :" ss s.ns .ss iss %
once ofthc Uaitsd States Coast survey Eve,y ss.i
y that an enrb sened interest in such 40 in .ortanl
and sssfui und~fssktuE would dictate Afforded by
Captain Palmer, 5. Top h, r.; AID by tbs gentle
man!y oficet in charge OF the drawing deparment-
by ths courlss ths prof ection made in the Co,.
suryes once with The aids Of It's insirumsnls t.
eeutra merriam l. that Of aaveston ienr I7s So
OF Wash ssaon -he Materials used in the
OF this map were derived chiefly from tho ,owte
authentic sources. via The Ceasf L,ss orfA< f,at.sa
STATE be. been accurately laid from the res Is
81 ihe iabsrs oithe U. 4 Coast Survey Once Tte
Coasts Of HsIseo, Cesfra! amerira asd s Hss. rvda
fsiaLfs have tees obtained chiefly from he sury,,,
o. the hydrogrsphicaI once in London Tho bou undary
between the United Stats and the adjacent Rrt isb
provinces has been iati dawn from the maps OF Inc
boundary between The tsttse saies sna Csaads East
complied asadet taS direction OF Col. d. Geansm Of
The eorps OF 1op0sraphcs knEineers and one Of The
! bomnIssionrrs for surveying ssid boundary.
4 The t'rsaf Lasss-superog, Hu ron, Michigan Frie
and ontsrio--and the river 80. Lawrenct. have been
taken from Bspasds Ihart, and thosc Of the iJp nd
States foposrsptica tngineers enraged on the great
astronomical slaiiops Eagle Harbor Lake
and At The head ofGreen Bay a. med by tbe II
3 Iop. kns'neers. have been Of great imponateo in
d-duting the frsf geosrs phieal poson OF places p
HiieoHs's and the adjacent States The New E.eland
States have eeen redaeed from large aud osgnal and
aSeE pa tally unpublished maps, froa, survsys
| by mpeIent Surveyors Nee York has been ,.aurs5
from tie grca OF that STATED jast Issued kev Ter.
e. Ar. ~" ~. - saIsey map Ohio Ior
rsdncrd from The nes and reliable nsp that State v
A. H. T. pawson, Esq, The OF which las bee Kind.
y tsndefeae w the publisher; Michigan and linos =
are 10 great pat unpublished materials; Ala
bama, Florida ana Nj ssisslppi have been sbt ainsd
ftom original COVE tpmeniA suryessshe other state.
frsm the b-st .Alsitng msteSiais For the 7brrtor.
aud extreme Wsstsrs States the maps compi IL the
bursau 81 ths lepestAphicai Enginrers, the Indian
bureau. aud the IGt-rioT and War Uenfrfmeats Lny.
been extremely useful. We present the results a,
ths nsuonomia.i oossrsalions made b. Capt. J. a !.
simpson TOP Eng, on his late survey In Utah Trrrl
rTteFp, between Fort R,dgsr and Csrssa Yailev hi.
dale rnlnsilQns place The points tho whols OF MS
rsote tnrfhsr East than where thes loea
ed even 90 Inc tetesi saps published by the Federal
Goyernment 80 also the obser tops MADE by Cant,
hacombe, y y. A., on hts lste surveys In ksr
dszteo between AaRta Re and The Cssrsa Rsrey
the whole work niinntes fsviAsr East than uibe +.
IT Vas placed on former mals This ne del er.nins-
tons OF leogarhic position ara acre for tAs
sabedsd ~ Nag fsrm The Colorado River has been
lsid dosn igo1 the results OF she explorations of A..
L.ea.sa.m Ta Jos. o. =. Ives D A.. and .hs adhear
! nl,ioner, Ca. Kmory.
49, rsasnEAE CENSUS.
The resuis Of which have not heretofore been isuet
by special srrabgeme ert e the time Is nov pu b.
Cd on this msp, including The Population Of ali ht
lea. nsps are shown the vorcsulc regions M IN,
earth and by other lines and sy bols the position Of
recently disc overea .arg..so.. veey seas, ,hs
general sell OF Me earreptt and prev vsiinr dir,c
ton Of the winds al Sea The Geological Maa OF the
United STATES Is ihe work Of the distinguished geoIo
g,st, Professor hIehesek Anheret college. IL ex
hibits by shas and csloTs the eesl BEDS nd q, be
formations ~ far ssthey known
The bsanleAi Map Of .hs United States is the won
ofthe ceiubrated TraH Green sresident OF
College, Pa. IL Ahsws by coiors and st glance u,
staple psoducion Of any psrt of ths eon.try, The
links ofcottu and and The cereal regios,
shown at glance, while The localities OF The grss
staple fuits are dsinciIy Indicated. IN tbe msp o.
plants and trees he has givsn the Important sns
zooogcsi Map wiii be frequently resoried to BY ii
ps ss Ia ss0sap. The r.. farmer
range Of all American sniaais and birds giving thei
home. and ,Aani., The M,ssosraphlc and Thermal
Biodget, compiler OF the Army
and Professor Coin Of LsFAyetse College, Pa ia
tbs wholp eeentsy, shovs by shsainss, ana & :
fanc. In inehns. The mean annual fs ofralu all over
.he United st.tes y also shaws shs average mean
temperature throughout the country, sumaer and
winter the mean dirscaios ~ the winds q and df
aud along the coasts the usual sst of .he eursss,s
Among the cuts tables bnd diagrams IN the edge o.
the map, synchronous dial which It The uou,sszl
when the kncnlALor NJ tue National Capital strikes
twelve shows The time each OF tSU prsse tsI essi..
in the uuited ststes bsiwcea the Atianlc and Paeinc
osssas Abe hivsss and Aonptp in, Of Ihe unilsd
States In their relative length hsht--the eeys
--by efos1 sAc oNs ip psodeof the coptinent above
aud the depi essio OF the b5ton OF the ucesn below
tue sea level. These orogrspbie visws are derived
IRON the deep soundnKs insug in the navy
| BY Maury, and from other aniheatie sources. II
short tn. Warrington Map aboaads with instruc lion
OF which y mere i.aps conveys Aes. IL 10 an IN.
sir A a ba aotu Tn
the AH fn The library the msu " let.
tors In the has or the rich, As wallis Of the
farmers dwelling, will be ornamental a. useful
In the present coadion OF the oountry the nscussit,
Restoring to this map Is urgent thai IL ~
no family edueat I'd people ~oaid e0se u with
outit b. Painter 4 co.,