Texas State Archives Map Collection
Map of the United States and Their Territories Between the Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean and Part of Mexico
Date: | 1857-1858 |
Publisher: | Compiled from surveys made under the order of W.H. Emory, Major, 1st Cavalry, U.S. Commissioner, and from maps of the Pacific Railroad, General Land Office, and the Coast Survey. … |
Cartographer: |
Jekyell, Thomas, C.E., 1857-8 |
Scale: | 1 inch = 95 st. miles |
Size: | 52 cm x 58 cm |
Type of Map: | boundary |
Format: | black & white, engraved, lithographed, printed |
Language: | English |
AC Number: | 02745 |
Photo Media: | -- None Listed -- |
File Size: | 56.64 MB |
Description:
[Pub., cont.] ... Lettered by F. Courtenay. Engraved by Selmar Siebert, Washington, D.C.
The map focuses on the U.S. - Mexican boundary, showing rivers, creeks, lakes, mountainous areas, states, territories, cities, towns, forts, copper mines, camps, a few Indian villages, and roads.
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