Map or Atlas
North America : Showing the Origin & Progress of the Storm of March 14-17, 1859, and How it Might Have Been Known Upon the Lakes a Whole Day Before it Reached Them!
This map is one of the earliest weather maps of the United States, which traced an 1859 storm across the continent. Manuscript annotations in red ink show dates and positions of the storm front. The base map was prepared for the Boston Society of Natural History by William C. Cleveland; and shows isothermal lines of mean temperatures. The lower right margin reads: "American Photo-Lithographic Co., Osborne’s Process." |
Image ID: | 112713 |
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Creation Date: | circa 1868 |
Creator Name: | Lapham, Increase Allen |
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Collection Name: | Map Collection |
Genre: | Map or Atlas |
Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
Original Format Number: | H GX81 1868 C |
Original Dimensions: | 55 x 48 cm, on sheet 64 x 52 cm |
Research |
Storms |
Weather |
Land |
Ocean |
Great Lakes |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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