Map of Routes For A Pacific Railroad Compiled to accompany the Report of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Sec. of War In Office of P.R.R. Surveys 1855
Description
Type of resource | cartographic |
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Form | cartographic image |
Extent | 1 map : uncolored ; 23 x 20 in |
Place | Washington |
Publication date | 1855 |
Digital origin | reformatted digital |
Map data | Scale not determined |
Creators/Contributors
Associated with | US Pacific RR Surveys |
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Subjects
Subject | America > Maps |
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Subject | California > Maps |
Genre | Map |
Bibliographic information
Note | Nice example of the scarce first edition of this important early railroad map of the West, published to illustrate the existing and proposed western Railroad routes. The map was revised in 1857, with the imprint changed from Bien & Sterner to Bien only. The first edition is rare on the market, with only 1 appearance in AMPR in the past 25 years. |
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Note | Map shows California, Southwest, Plains, Rocky Mountains, Northwest, Texas. |
citation/reference | Cohen, P. (West) pp.172-173. |
Available online |
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Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/hn942zv2402 |
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- Use and reproduction
- Image from the The Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce commercially, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
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- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC-SA).
Collection
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