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Title: Skeleton map of the territory of the United States west of the Mississippi River : exhibiting the relations existing between lines and areas of explorations & surveys conducted under the auspices of the War Dept., giving the area of the public domain lying west of the 100th meridian of longitude, with an index illustration of a series of atlas maps proposed to be constructed on a scale of 1 inch to 8 mi.

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1873

Publishers

  • Washington, D.C. : U.S. Engineer Office, [1873?]

Summary

"Prepared to accompany the" Preliminary & progress report" concerning the Expedition of 1872 & 1873." Shows routes of exploration; areas survey by Wheeler's expeditions of 1869, 1871, and 1872; areas encompassed by the Survey of the 40th parallel; etc.

Subjects

  • West (U.S.)
  • West (U.S.)—Surveys—Maps
  • Maps—West (U.S.)—1873
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-128.01, -85.68, 50.0, 27.01)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-128.01, -85.68, 50.0, 27.01)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.). Skeleton map of the territory of the United States west of the Mississippi River : exhibiting the relations existing between lines and areas of explorations & surveys conducted under the auspices of the War Dept., giving the area of the public domain lying west of the 100th meridian of longitude, with an index illustration of a series of atlas maps proposed to be constructed on a scale of 1 inch to 8 mi.. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Engineer Office, [1873?]. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-fn107136h

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng