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| Title | Map of wagon routes in Utah territory (1859) |
| View map image in other file formats | ftp://dataworks.library.unr.edu/Keck/HistTopoNV/Historic_Maps/map_of_wagon_routes1859.djvu (5.6 Mb); ftp://dataworks.library.unr.edu/Keck/HistTopoNV/Historic_Maps/map_of_wagon_routes1859.jpg (14.3 Mb); ftp://dataworks.library.unr.edu/Keck/HistTopoNV/Historic_Maps/map_of_wagon_routes1859.tif (353 Mb) |
| Call Number | G4351.P25 1859.U55 (Special Collections) |
| Creator | United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers |
| Searchable Date | 1859 |
| Original Date | 1859 |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2005 |
| Original Publisher | Washington: Government Printing Office; New York: The Graphic Co. |
| Electronic Publisher | Mary B. Ansari Map Library for the Special Collections Department
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| Description | 1 map ; on sheet 67 x 119 cm + 5 plates; Scale 1:1, 000, 000 (W 115°--W 109°/N 43°--N 37°) Includes exploration routes of Fremont, Beckwith, Stansbury, Gunnison, and Hastings "Explored & opened by Capt. J.H. Simpson Topl. Engrs. U.S.A., assisted by Lieuts. J.L.K. Smith and H.S. Putnam Topl. Engrs. U.S.A. and Mr. Henry Engelmann in 1858-59, by authority of Hon. John B. Floyd Sec. of War, and under instructions from Bvt. Brig. Gen. A.S. Johnston U.S.A. Comdg. Dept. of Utah"; [plate E]. Profiles of wagon routes in the Territory of Utah; Facsim. New York : Graphic Co., [n.d.] |
| Subject | Roads -- West (U.S.) -- Maps
Trails -- West (U.S.) -- Maps
Roads -- Utah -- Maps
Trails -- Utah -- Maps
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| Resource Type | Image |
| Location Depicted | West (U.S.)
Utah
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| Permissions Information | Not to be reproduced without permission. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission information, please see http://www.knowledgecenter.unr.edu/specoll/photos.html
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| Contributing Institution | University of Nevada, Reno [owner]
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| Format | image/jpeg2000; image/djvu; image/jpeg; image/tif |
| Digitization Specifications | This JPEG2000 file was derived from a high-resolution (300 dpi, 24-bit) uncompressed TIFF image that was scanned from the original using an IDEAL/Contex Magnum 54" Plus wide format scanner, default color configuration. The TIFF files were also converted into both the JPEG and DjVu formats. These files are all loaded on the UNR Libraries' NAS server. |
| Contributors | Mechlin, J.R.P. |
| Language | eng |
| Relation | Accompanies "Report of explorations across the Great Basin of the Territory of Utah for a direct wagon-route from Camp Floyd to Genoa, in Carson Valley, in 1859, by J.H. Simpson, 1876." |
