Map of the United States and their territories between the Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean, and of part of Mexico / compiled in the Bureau of the Corps of Topogl. Engs. under a resolution of the U.S. Senate, from the best authorities which could be obta

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15812936

Description

Title: Map of the United States and their territories between the Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean, and of part of Mexico / compiled in the Bureau of the Corps of Topogl. Engs. under a resolution of the U.S. Senate, from the best authorities which could be obta
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers
Contributor: Sherman & Smith
Published / Created: 1850 [i.e. 1851]
Publication Place: [Washington, D.C. :
Publisher: Corps of Topographical Engineers],
Description: Date on map is 1850, however Wheat writes " ... ostensibly published in 1850, though it could not have gone to the engravers, Sherman and Smith of New York, until early in 1851" (Mapping the transmississippi West, 696).
On 2 sheets (each 62 x 105 cm.) and mounted on linen.
Relief shown by hachures.
Extent: 1 map ; 105 x 97 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale [ca. 1:3,250,000]
Coordinates: (W 126⁰--W 86⁰/N 50⁰--N 18⁰)., 3250000, a, N0180000, N0500000, W0860000, and W1260000
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: 80 1850D
Container / Volume: BRBL_00534

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: cartographic
Genre: Maps
Resource Type: Maps, Atlases & Globes
Subject (Geographic): West (U.S.)--Maps
Subject (Name): Sherman & Smith

Access And Usage Rights

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
Citation: Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West, 696

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 4927384
Object ID (OID): 15812936