General map of a survey in California : in connection with examinations for railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean
Map shows "practicable railway routes" between Ft. Yuma on the Colorado River and the San Francisco Bay region.
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Map shows "practicable railway routes" between Ft. Yuma on the Colorado River and the San Francisco Bay region.
Shows mineral deposits from Matthias' Point to Briery Branch Gap, Virginia. Pen-and-ink, pencil (some col.), and crayon on 2 sheets pasted together, mounted on cloth. "Scale 50 horizontal to 2 vertical." In pencil in upper right corner: No. 2. In pencil on verso: 330 crossed out. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H268 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Appears in the U.S. War Dept.'s Report of the Secretary of War on the several Pacific railroad explorations, 1855. "This is a hurried compilation of all the authentic surveys and is designed to exhibit the relations of the different routes to each other. An elaborate map on scale of 1:3,000,000 is being compiled and is in an advanced state." In manuscript ink on verso: "Maps showing boundaries of proposed territory of Arizona belonging to the [illegible], Department of the Interior." Annotations in ink at lower center. LC copy imperfect: Mounted on cloth, minor discoloration horizontally along lower right half and along upper left half. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Relief shown by hachures. Title supplied by cataloger. Black and red pen-and-ink and pencil. "Withdrawn for transfer to the War Department as a gift from Hon. A. B. Wagner, April 27, 1914." In two pieces. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. vcFY24
Shows passenger rail lines and principal place-names in red overprint. Also shows minor civil divisions (cities and townships). LC copy imperfect: Original sheet halved. Includes small ill. of sailing ship. "14604." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Feb 1900. 1 sheet(s).
1948. 98 sheet(s). Bound.
1898. 110 sheet(s). Bound.
1898. 89 sheet(s). Bound.
1900. 121 sheet(s). Bound.
1908. 100 sheet(s). Bound.
1893. 125 sheet(s). Bound.
Nov 1963. 107 sheet(s).
1902. 115 sheet(s). 4 skeleton maps. Bound.
1899. 126 sheet(s). 7 skeleton maps. Bound.