Sections of the Colorado Desert : explored by Lieut. R.S. Williamson, U.S. Top. Engrs. in 1853
- Title
- Sections of the Colorado Desert : explored by Lieut. R.S. Williamson, U.S. Top. Engrs. in 1853 / prepared in the Office of the Pacific Rail Road Exploration and Survey, War Department by William P. Blake.
- Published by
- [Washington, D.C.] : War Dept., U.S. Pacific Rail Road Explorations & Surveys, [1853]
- N.Y. : Sarony, Major, & Knapp, Lith., [1853]
- Author
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- Description
- 3 sections on 1 sheet; 10 x 70 cm or smaller, on sheet 28 x 74 cm
- Alternative title
- Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US036.2.04
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Contents
- Sections 12, sheet VIII Section of the Colorado Desert: on the line extending northeast from the waterline on the point of rocks showing the probable depression of the valley of the ancient lake -- Sections 13, sheet VIII Section across the Colorado River, along the channel of the New River to the valley of the ancient lake -- Sections 14, Section from north to south : showing the terraces and sand hills between Cook's Well and the Colorado River.
- Call number
- Map Div. 15-5446
- Note
- "Sections 12, 13 & 14, Plate VIII"--Upper right.
- Indexed in (note)
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
- Author
- United States. War Department. Office of P.R.R. Surveys, creator, publisher.
- Title
- Sections of the Colorado Desert : explored by Lieut. R.S. Williamson, U.S. Top. Engrs. in 1853 / prepared in the Office of the Pacific Rail Road Exploration and Survey, War Department by William P. Blake.
- Publisher
- [Washington, D.C.] : War Dept., U.S. Pacific Rail Road Explorations & Surveys, [1853]
- Manufacturer
- N.Y. : Sarony, Major, & Knapp, Lith., [1853]
- Cartographic data
- Scales differ (W 119°00ʹ--W 112°56ʹ/N 36°59ʹ--N 32°30ʹ).
- 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. 4, page 440, column 1, no. 3
- Source
- US036.2.04
- Connect to:
- Place of publication
- United States District of Columbia Washington.
- Added author
- Blake, William P. (William Phipps), 1826-1910, surveyor.
- Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith., lithographer.
- Research call number
- Map Div. 15-5446