Detail View: Touchton Map Library: Map of the Phosphate Fields of Florida
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Accession Number:
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L2011.070.094
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M Number:
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M1376
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Short Title:
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Map of the Phosphate Fields of Florida
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Full Title:
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Map of the Phosphate Fields of Florida projected and compiled from the actual numbers of the land, by Captain James F. Tucker, Special Agent of the United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., 1893.
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Year:
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1893
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Author:
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Tucker, Captain James F.
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Institution:
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United States Department of Labor
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Object Publisher:
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Norris Peters Co.
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Place of Publication:
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Washington, D.C.
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Pub Note:
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Summary: This map shows the land just as it was located by numbers, sections, and fractions thereof. From it may be seen their geographical position, and the detached and fragmentary character of the various deposits of the several fields, and their relation to each other, as well as to transportation by river and rail, and also to the seaports through which the product finds outlet to foreign and domestic ports.
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Obj Height cm:
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74.5
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Object Width cm:
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61
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Neatline:
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Yes
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Continent:
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North America
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Country:
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United States
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State:
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Florida
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Language:
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English
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Printing Method:
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Photolithography
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Cartobibliographic notes:
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Cartographer provided the following legend: Blue: The Hard rock field, Brown: The Composite field, Green: The Plate rock field, Red: The Land pebble fields and River pebble deposits, Orange: The Soft phosphate, where isolated from the Hard rock, Yellow: Traces of phosphate. Also provided is a Table giving the rate of actual deposits of workable phosphate lands of total areas.
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Subject Information:
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Phosphate fields, Natural resources, Railway transportation, River transportation, Hard rock, Plate rock, Composite, Land pebble, River pebble, Soft phosphate, Topography
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