Color print. Counties are delineated and named, cities and towns, lighthouses, and canals are shown, and watercourses and other topographical features are depicted. Railroad lines are shown in red and canals in black. The vicinity of Beaufort, a plan of Raleigh, and the vicinity of Wilmington appear as insets. Relief shown by hachures. North Carolina railways depicted include Asheville & Spartanburg Rail Road; Atlanta & Charlotte Rail Road; Atlanta, Tennessee & Ohio Rail Road; Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Rail Road; Carolina General Rail Road; Chester & Lenoir Rail Road; Elizabeth City & Norfolk Rail Road; North Carolina Rail Road; Piedmont Rail Road; Raleigh & Gaston Rail Road; Raleigh & Augusta Air Line; Seaboard & Raleigh Rail Road; Seaboard & Roanoke Rail Road; Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Rail Road; West North Carolina Rail Road; and Wilmington & Weldon Rail Road. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
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