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Map no. 2, from the northern boundary of California to the Columbia River : from explorations and surveys made under the direction of Hon. Jefferson Davis, Sec. of War

Title: Map no. 2, from the northern boundary of California to the Columbia River : from explorations and surveys made under the direction of Hon. Jefferson Davis, Sec. of War / by Lieut. R.S. Williamson, U.S. Topl. Engrs. and Lieut. H.L. Abbot, U.S. Topl. Engrs. ; H.C. Fillebrown, J. Young and C.D. Anderson, assts. ; drawn by John Young ; engd. by Selmar Siebert.
Author: United States. War Department, creator, publisher.
Publication: [Washington, D.C.] : [War Department], 1855.

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Description

1 map; 67 x 57 cm

Alternative Title

From the northern boundary of California to the Columbia River
Explorations and surveys for a rail road route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, War Department : routes in Oregon and California
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US028B.1.04

Subjects

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

Relief shown by hachures.
Shows drainage, emigrant roads, and routes of explorers.
Includes notes.
Appears in Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, volume XI, 1861. Also published as part of Senate Ex. Doc. no. 78, 33d Congress, 2nd session, and House Ex. Doc. no. 91, 33d Congress, 2nd session.

Indexed In (note)

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West, 1540-1861
Congressional information service. CIS U.S. serial set index. Pt. 14, Index and carto-bibliography of maps

Call Number

Map Div. 15-5342

OCLC

80505840

Author

United States. War Department, creator, publisher.

Title

Map no. 2, from the northern boundary of California to the Columbia River : from explorations and surveys made under the direction of Hon. Jefferson Davis, Sec. of War / by Lieut. R.S. Williamson, U.S. Topl. Engrs. and Lieut. H.L. Abbot, U.S. Topl. Engrs. ; H.C. Fillebrown, J. Young and C.D. Anderson, assts. ; drawn by John Young ; engd. by Selmar Siebert.

Publisher

[Washington, D.C.] : [War Department], 1855.

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:760,320. 1 in. to 12 miles (W 124°40ʹ--W 119°20ʹ/N 46°30ʹ--N 42°00ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 10, page 317, column a, row 3

Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West, 1540-1861, v. 4, entry 882

Congressional information service. CIS U.S. serial set index. Pt. 14, Index and carto-bibliography of maps, entry 801 (33-2) H.exdoc. 91, map 29

Indexed In:

Congressional information service. CIS U.S. serial set index. Pt. 14, Index and carto-bibliography of maps, entry 768-01 (33-2) S.exdoc. 78, map 12

Source

US028B.1.04

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Place of Publication

United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added Author

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.

Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton), 1824-1882, surveyor.

Abbot, Henry L., surveyor.

Fillebrown, H. C., surveyor.

Young, J. (John), surveyor, draftsman.

Anderson, C. D., surveyor.

Siebert, Selmar, engraver.

Related To

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean (OCoLC)39314047

Research Call Number

Map Div. 15-5342

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