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Explorations and surveys for a rail road route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean ... route near the 35th parallel

Title
Explorations and surveys for a rail road route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean ... route near the 35th parallel / from explorations and surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, by Lieut. A.W. Whipple, topogl. engrs. and Lieut. J.C. Ives, topogl. engrs. ; A.H. Campbell, civil engr. and surveyor ; Wm. White Jr., N.H. Hutton, J.P. Sherburne, asst. surveyors ; engr. by Selmar Siebert.
Author
Whipple, Amiel Weeks, 1817-1863
Publication
[Washington, D.C.] : War Dept., 1853-4.

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Map no. 2CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 01-11536 Map no. 2Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
  • Ives, J. C.
  • Campbell, Albert H. (Albert Henry), 1826-1899
  • White, William, Jr.
  • Hutton, N. H.
  • Sherburne, John P. (John Pitts)
  • Siebert, Selmar
  • Hoffmann, John D.
  • United States. War Department.
Description
2 maps; on sheets 60 x 132 cm.
Series Statement
[Heading West ; 60]
Alternative Title
  • Route near the 35th parallel
  • Map no. 1, From Fort Smith to the Rio Grande.
  • Map no. 2, From the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.
  • From Fort Smith to the Rio Grande.
  • From the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.
Subject
  • Pacific railroads > Explorations and surveys > Maps
  • Railroads > West (U.S.) > Surveying > Maps
  • West (U.S.) > Maps
Note
  • Relief shown by hachures.
  • Includes insets.
Contents
Map no. 1: From Fort Smith to the Rio Grande -- Map no. 2: From the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean / drawn by John D. Hoffmann.
Call Number
Map Div. 01-11536
OCLC
52601751
Author
Whipple, Amiel Weeks, 1817-1863, surveyor.
Title
Explorations and surveys for a rail road route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean ... route near the 35th parallel / from explorations and surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, by Lieut. A.W. Whipple, topogl. engrs. and Lieut. J.C. Ives, topogl. engrs. ; A.H. Campbell, civil engr. and surveyor ; Wm. White Jr., N.H. Hutton, J.P. Sherburne, asst. surveyors ; engr. by Selmar Siebert.
Imprint
[Washington, D.C.] : War Dept., 1853-4.
Cartographic Data
Scale 1:950,400. 15 miles to 1 in. (W 119⁰30ʹ--W 106⁰30ʹ/N 37⁰00ʹ--N 32⁰30ʹ).
Series
[Heading West ; 60]
Added Author
Ives, J. C., surveyor.
Campbell, Albert H. (Albert Henry), 1826-1899, surveyor.
White, William, Jr., surveyor.
Hutton, N. H., surveyor.
Sherburne, John P. (John Pitts), surveyor.
Siebert, Selmar, engraver.
Hoffmann, John D. Cartographer
United States. War Department.
Added Title
Map no. 1, From Fort Smith to the Rio Grande.
Map no. 2, From the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.
From Fort Smith to the Rio Grande.
From the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 01-11536 Library has: Map no. 2
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