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Title: Colton's map of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona & New Mexico.

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Dates

  • Coverage: 1864
  • Coverage: 1864 to 1864

Summary

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. Shows railroad surveys and locates Native American tribes. On plates 65-66 possibly from Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred And Eighty Steel Plate Maps And Plans, On One Hundred And Eight Imperial Folio Sheets. Text on verso includes details about the territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, and Dakota. Also includes deatiled information about the state of California, including population, land allotment, and crops. 1 map: col.; 41 x 67 cm.

Subjects

  • Clark Library Map Collections
  • 2022-creator-sprint
  • United States of America
  • Railroads
  • Maps

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-124.37,-101.57,42.12,31.22)

Provider

University of Michigan

Rights

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

Citation

Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893, Dahl, James, former owner. Colton's map of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona & New Mexico.. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-012502180/39015095391002_01

Format

JPEG

Languages

  • eng