Map of the state of Michigan and the surrounding country, exhibiting the sections and the latest surveys

Map of Michigan showing surveyed counties, cities and towns, townships and township names, and sections. Shows distances in miles between various points on Lake Michigan. Shows county seats, Indian villages, railroads, mills, prairies, swamps and marshes, canals, and roads. Plank roads and "most important roads" are indicated.

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Copyright Status: No Copyright

Date: 1855

Cartographers: Farmer, John, 1798-1859

Engravers: Farmer, John, 1798-1859

Subjects: Administrative and political divisions
Canals
Distances
Railroads
Lake Michigan
Michigan

Material Type: Maps (documents)

Coordinates: W 87°57ʹ00ʺ--W 82°23ʹ00ʺ/N 46°59ʹ00ʺ--N 41°24ʹ00ʺ

Scale: approximately 1:786,111

Edition: 1855, 23rd edition

Language: English

Extent: 1 map

Note: Town of "Rio Grand" is shown north of Lansing, in Lansing Township, Ingham County. Town of "Hamilton" is shown in vicinity of present-day Okemos. A stream named Alcotte Creek is shown in the vicinity of Lansing. Present-day Williamstown Township in Ingham County is named "Phelps Town" or "Phelpstown" Township. Shows "proposed route of Clinton and Kalamazoo Canal." "Grand river road" is labeled in Ingham County.
Prime meridian: Greenwich.
Includes notes about shoreline conditions (rockiness, steepness, etc.) and 1 inset: Plat of the copper district on L. Superior / engraved by J. Farmer.

Catalog Record: http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b12049208

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