Skeleton map of the territory of the United States west of the Mississippi River : exhibiting the relations existing between lines and areas of explorations & surveys conducted under the auspices of the War Dept., giving the area of the public domain lying west of the 100th meridian of longitude, with an index illustration of a series of atlas maps proposed to be constructed on a scale of 1 inch to 8 m.

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Skeleton map of the territory of the United States west of the Mississippi River

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Title:
Skeleton map of the territory of the United States west of the Mississippi River : exhibiting the relations existing between lines and areas of explorations & surveys conducted under the auspices of the War Dept., giving the area of the public domain lying west of the 100th meridian of longitude, with an index illustration of a series of atlas maps proposed to be constructed on a scale of 1 inch to 8 m.
Title (alt.):
Explorations and surveys west of the one-hundredth meridian
Cartographer:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Date:
[1874]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
West (U.S.)--Surveys--Maps
Places:
Western United States (area)
Extent:
1 map : color ; 41 x 53 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[Washington, D.C.] : [Government Printing Office]
Scale:
Scale 1:6,000,000
Language:
English
Notes:
"Prepared to accompany the "Preliminary & progress report" concerning the "Expedition of 1872 & 1873."
Shows routes of exploration; areas survey by Wheeler's expeditions of 1869, 1871, and 1872; areas encompassed by the Survey of the 40th parallel; etc.
From Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives 1873-'74. Report of the chief of engineers (Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1874).
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_018373
Call #:
G4051.B5 1873 .S54
Barcode:
39999085966727