Research Catalog

Title

Map no. 2, from the mouth of Trap Creek to the Santa Fé crossing : from explorations and surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War / by Capt. J.W. Gunnison, topl.engrs., assisted by Capt. E.G. Beckwith, 3d Artillery ; R.H. Kern, topographer in the field ; map made under the supervision of Capt. E.G. Beckwith, 3d Artillery, by F.W. Egloffstein, topographer for the route, 1855 ; engr. by Selmar Siebert.

Author

United States. War Department, creator, publisher.

Publication

[Washington] : [War Department], [1861?]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.
• Gunnison, J. W. (John Williams), 1812-1853
• Beckwith, E. G. (Edward Griffin), 1818-1881.
• Kern, Richard H., 1821-1853.
• Egloffstein, F. W., 1824-1885
• Siebert, Selmar

Description

1 map; 78 x 59 cm

Alternative Title

• From the mouth of Trap Creek to the Santa Fé crossing
• Explorations and surveys for a rail road route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, War Department : route near the 38th & 39th parallels
• Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US028B.1.06

Subjects

• Middle West
• Pacific railroads > Explorations and surveys
• 1855
• Maps
• Middle West > Maps
• Pacific railroads > Explorations and surveys > Maps

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

• Relief shown by hachures.
• Appears in Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, volume XI, 1861. Also published as part of Senate Ex. Doc. no. 78, 33d Congress, 2nd session, and House Ex. Doc. no. 91, 33d Congress, 2nd session.

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
• Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West, 1540-1861
• Congressional information service. CIS U.S. serial set index. Pt. 14, Index and carto-bibliography of maps

Call Number

Map Div. 15-5343

OCLC

84168058

Author

United States. War Department, creator, publisher.

Title

Map no. 2, from the mouth of Trap Creek to the Santa Fé crossing : from explorations and surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War / by Capt. J.W. Gunnison, topl.engrs., assisted by Capt. E.G. Beckwith, 3d Artillery ; R.H. Kern, topographer in the field ; map made under the supervision of Capt. E.G. Beckwith, 3d Artillery, by F.W. Egloffstein, topographer for the route, 1855 ; engr. by Selmar Siebert.

Publisher

[Washington] : [War Department], [1861?]

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:760,320. 12 miles to one inch (W 101°10ʹ--W 95°40ʹ/N 41°30ʹ--N 37°00ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 10, page 317, column a, row 2

Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West, 1540-1861, v. 4, entry 844

Congressional information service. CIS U.S. serial set index. Pt. 14, Index and carto-bibliography of maps, entry 801 (33-2) H.exdoc. 91, map 8

Congressional information service. CIS U.S. serial set index. Pt. 14, Index and carto-bibliography of maps, entry 768-02 (33-2) S.exdoc. 78, map 17

Source

US028B.1.06

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Chronological Term

1855

Place of Publication

United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added Author

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.

Gunnison, J. W. (John Williams), 1812-1853, surveyor.

Beckwith, E. G. (Edward Griffin), 1818-1881.

Kern, Richard H., 1821-1853.

Egloffstein, F. W., 1824-1885, cartographer.

Siebert, Selmar, engraver.

Related To

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean (OCoLC)39314047

Research Call Number

Map Div. 15-5343