| Summary: | Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Includes 4 inset maps showing "temperature and the annual rainfall," "zoological distribution," "geological map" and "distribution of staples" for the U.S., 4 views of "New York," "Capital Washington, D.C.," "Washington from the monument" and "Mt. Vernon," 14 pictorial waterfall views, pictorial view of "Height of mountains expressed in feet," cross sections of "Profile . from Atlantic to Pacific," "Profile of Lieut. A.W. Whipple's route. ," "Vertical section north Atlantic [ocean]," portraits of presidents along border, tables showing church denominations, 1860 census by state, airline distances and U.S. population by state, diagram of "Length of rivers" and list of "List of arsenals and forts."; Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. This is a rare map of the United States and the only Civil War era wall map to be issued by the United States government. It is the first 1861 edition published simultaneously by Taintor & Company in Philadelphia and Holmes Harrison & Company of London. Matthew Fontaine Maury was the original cartographer who published this map in 1860, but because he was a Confederate, his name and portrait were removed from this map and replaced by the U.S. Capitiol and Mount Vernon vignettes. Color; 1:3,000,000
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