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Map of Hillsborough County, Florida, November 1882
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- Image file
- Map of Hillsborough County, Florida — November 1882
- Caption
- The Florida Land and Improvement Company’s November 1882 Hillsborough County map brings the story down to survey sections and named owners. Its legend combines vacant Disston-purchase and railroad lands. Florida Land and Improvement Co.; J. J. Treveres; F. Bourquin. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, G3933.H7G46 1882 .F6, digital ID g3933h.la000076. Public domain; 3,840 × 2,893-pixel derivative obtained through Wikimedia Commons. Institutional record.
- Description
- Map of Hillsborough County, Florida, November 1882. Florida Land and Improvement Company; J. J. Treveres, draughtsman; F. Bourquin, publisher. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, item 2012592403, digital ID g3933h.la000076; shelf mark G3933.H7G46 1882 .F6. Institutional record: https://www.loc.gov/item/2012592403/ Source reproduction: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Hillsborough_County,_Florida_LOC_2012592403.jpg Published in 1882; public domain in the United States. Supplied file: a 3,840 × 2,893-pixel derivative of the Commons reproduction. WordPress generated its normal 2,560 × 1,929-pixel viewing copy and retained the supplied original. The much larger Commons scan was not uploaded. This is a viewing reproduction, not a new archival master. The original legend states that all vacant lands are a portion of the Disston purchase or railroad lands. It combines those categories and does not identify every vacant section as Disston property. The map uses historical Hillsborough County boundaries, including the present-day Pinellas peninsula.
- Catalog notes
- This November 1882 map brings the larger Disston land story into focus around Tampa Bay through survey sections, named owners and settlement geography. Its original legend combines vacant lands belonging to the Disston purchase or railroad interests; it does not identify every vacant section as Disston property. The sheet depicts historical Hillsborough County boundaries, including the peninsula that became Pinellas County in 1912.