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Title: Military Reconnaissance of the Arkansas Rio Del Norte and Rio Gila

Contributors:

Alternate titles

  • Military reconnaissance of the Arkansas, Rio del Norte and Rio Gila / by W.H. Emory.

Dates

  • Issued: 1847
  • Coverage: 1847
  • Coverage: 1847 to 1847

Summary

1 map ; 76 x 165 cm

Published to accompany 30th Cong., 1st sess., Ex. doc. 41 (serial no. 517).

Shows daily route, connecting roads, settlements and physical features observed by party.

Includes a table of geographical positions and barometric profile of the routes.

"Assisted from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe by Lieut. J. W. Abert and W. G. Peck, and from Santa Fe to San Diego on the Pacific by Lietu. W. H. Warner and Mr. Norman Bestor, made in 1846-7, with the advance guard of the Army of the West, under command of Brig. Gen. Stephn. W. Kearny. Constructed under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert Ch. Corps Top. Engrs. 1847."

"Drawn by Joseph Welch."

"Engraved on stone by E. Weber& Co., Baltimore."

Subjects

  • Historical markers California Maps.
  • 2022-creator-sprint
  • United States
  • Maps

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-122.85,-93,39,30)

Provider

University of Michigan

Rights

  • Access rights: Public
  • This map is in the public domain.

Citation

Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887, Vignaud, Henry, 1830-1922, former owner., Welch, Joseph (Cartographer). Military Reconnaissance of the Arkansas Rio Del Norte and Rio Gila. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-003279588/39015091905607_0001

Format

JPEG

Languages

  • eng