Map no. 2 from Great Salt Lake to the Humboldt Mountains : from explorations and surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War / by Capt. E.G. Beckwith, 3d. Artillery ; F.W. Egloffstein, topographer for the route.

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Title: Map no. 2 from Great Salt Lake to the Humboldt Mountains : from explorations and surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War / by Capt. E.G. Beckwith, 3d. Artillery ; F.W. Egloffstein, topographer for the route.
Varying Form of Title: Explorations and surveys for a rail road route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
Main Entry - Corporate Name: United States. War Department. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79084108 (opens in a new tab) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n79084108 (opens in a new tab)
Added Entry - Personal Name: Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889, director. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79145410 (opens in a new tab) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n79145410 (opens in a new tab); Beckwith, E. G. (Edward Griffin), 1826-1909, cartographer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98092759 (opens in a new tab) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|no98092759 (opens in a new tab); Egloffstein, F. W., 1824-1885, topographer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr93047013 (opens in a new tab) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|nr93047013 (opens in a new tab); Siebert, Selmar, printer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50024026 (opens in a new tab) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n50024026 (opens in a new tab); Dahl, James, former owner. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016011635 (opens in a new tab) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|no2016011635 (opens in a new tab)
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. War Department], 1855.; Washington, D.C. : Selmar Siebert's Engraving & Printing Establishment, 1855.
Description: 1 map ; 54 x 46 cm
Note: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Shows drainage, railroads, trails, Native American territories, and locations of historic events.; From: Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad From the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term: Pacific railroads Explorations and surveys Maps. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096481 (opens in a new tab); Railroads Utah Maps. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85110904 (opens in a new tab); Railroads Nevada Maps. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85110904 (opens in a new tab)
Subject Added Entry - Geographic Name: Utah Maps. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021759 (opens in a new tab) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n79021759 (opens in a new tab); Nevada Maps. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79072716 (opens in a new tab) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n79072716 (opens in a new tab)
Map Data: Scale approximately 1:760,320 or 12 miles to 1 in (W 115°30'00"-- W 111°24'00"/N 42°13'00"-- N 38°41'00").
Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data: a 760320 W1153000 W1112400 N0421300 N0384100
Local note: Gift of James Dahl, 2012, no. 36.
Scan Date: 2015-02-12
Record No.: 012485193

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Full citation: "Map no. 2 from Great Salt Lake to the Humboldt Mountains : from explorations and surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War / by Capt. E.G. Beckwith, 3d. Artillery ; F.W. Egloffstein, topographer for the route." In the digital collection UM Clark Library Maps. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-012485193/39015095391119. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 13, 2024.

Map no. 2 from Great Salt Lake to the Humboldt Mountains : from explorations and surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War / by Capt. E.G. Beckwith, 3d. Artillery ; F.W. Egloffstein, topographer for the route.

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