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"Prepared to accompany the "Preliminary & progress report" concerning the "Expedition of 1872 & 1873."

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Document identity
localId
gx41qr533
label
Skeleton map of the territory of the United States west of the Mississippi River
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
gx41qr533
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Skeleton map of the territory of the United States west of the Mississippi River
description
"Prepared to accompany the "Preliminary & progress report" concerning the "Expedition of 1872 & 1873."
date
["[1874]"]
year
1874
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_018373
creators
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
West (U.S.)--Surveys--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
United States
Western United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Washington, D.C.]
publisher
[Government Printing Office]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
51.52604
schema:longitude
131.16073
extent
1 map : color ; 41 x 53 cm
notes
"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.
From Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives 1873-'74. Report of the chief of engineers (Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1874).
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no
dcId
gx41qr533
type
map
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