Texas State Archives Map Collection
Reconnoissances of Routes from San Antonio de Bexar to El Paso Del Norte, & c.
| Date: | 1849 |
| Publisher: | Reconnoissance by Lieutenant W.H.C. Whiting, U.S. Engineers, 1849. Lithographed by P.S. Duval's Lithographic Steam Press, Philadelphia. |
| Cartographer: |
Bryan, F.T., Lieutenant, et al. Michler, N.H., Lieutenant, et al. Smith, W.F. Lieutenant, et al. Johnston, J.E., Brevet Lt. Col., et al. |
| Scale: | 1 inch = 20 miles |
| Size: | 63 cm x 92 cm |
| Type of Map: | military |
| Format: | color, engraved, lithographed, printed |
| Language: | English |
| AC Number: | 01529 |
| Photo Media: | -- None Listed -- |
| File Size: | 38.64 MB |
Reconnoissances of Routes from San Antonio de Bexar to El Paso Del Norte, & c. Image:
Description:
Shows bays, rivers, springs, water holes, mountainous and forested areas, forts, camps, towns, reconnaissance routes with dates--some giving names of leaders, roads, routes and trails-- including Indian trails, and presidios. Some of the routes are highlighted in red and blue.
Long. 95 - 107 deg.
This map appears in the report, U.S. Congress, Senate, Executive Document, no. 64, Reports of the Secretary of War, with Reconnaissances of Routes from San Antonio to El Paso, by Brevet Lieutenant Colonel J.E. Johnston, et al., of Quartermaster Department; also the Report of Captain R.B. Marcy's Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe and the Report of Lieutenant J.H. Simpson of an Expedition into the Navajo Country; and The Report of Lieutenant W.H.C. Whiting's Reconnaissance of the Western Frontier of Texas, 31st Congress, 1st Session, July 1850, opposite page 250.
6/14/83
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