Images of Central Florida

 

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Contributors

Florida Bureau of Immigration.

Description

New map of Florida, 1879 issued by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration for Florida. Includes inset plans of government survey, and steamship lines from Europe via New York to Florida. Solid red lines denote chartered railroads, and dashed red lines denote ship lines. Map also contains Florida topography. Map scale 1:2,090,880. Tapped onto the back of the map is the map cover page, which is a graphic print image of Florida marshland with a cornucopia set in the bottom right hand corner. Stated on the cover page is: Florida as it is: Issued by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration for Florida.

Date

1879

Subjects

Florida -- Maps.; Railroads -- Florida -- Maps.; Steamboat lines -- Florida -- Maps.; Florida -- Surveys -- Maps.; Georgia -- Maps.; Alabama -- Maps.; Florida -- Administrative and political divisions -- Maps.; Florida -- Historical geography -- Maps.

Subject-Topic

Maps

Coverage-Spatial

Florida

Coverage-Temporal

19th century

Number of Images

2 images

Side of Image

Front of Postcard

Repository

Rollins College

Repository Collection

Archives and Special Collections

Identifier

DP0003876; 57362616

Size of Original Image

49 x 32 cm.

Rights Statement

All rights to images are held by the respective holding institution. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. To purchase copies of images and/or for copyright information contact the respective holding institution.

Digital Publisher

Electronically reproduced by the Digital Services unit of the University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, 2005.

Digital Reproduction Specifications

This image was derived from an uncompressed TIFF image scanned at a minimum of 400 dpi.

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