Military reconnaissance of the Arkansas, Rio del Norte and Rio Gila / by W.H. Emory ; drawn by Joseph Welch.
- Creator:
- Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887
- Published/Created:
- Washington, D.C. :
Corps Top. Engr.,
1847 - Physical Description:
- 1 map ; 74 x 169 cm.
- Notes:
- "Assisted from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fé by Lieuts. J.W. Abert and W.G. Peck, and from Santa Fé to San Diego on the Pacific by Lieut. W.H. Warner and Mr. Norman Bestor. Made in 1846-7, with the advance guard of the 'Army of the West' under command of brig. gen. Stephn. W. Kearny. Constructed under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert, Ch. Corps. Top. Engrs. 1847."
From 30th Cong., 1st sess., Exec. doc. 41 (no. 517)
Includes 2 profiles and table of geographical positions.
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
Shows daily route, connecting roads, settlements and physical features observed by party. - Topics:
- West (U.S.)--Maps
- Topics:
- Abert, J. W. (James William), 1820-1897
Abert, John James, 1788-1863
Bestor, Norman
Peck, William G. (William Guy), 1820-1892
United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers
Warner, William Horace
Welch, Joseph (Draughtsman) - Language:
- English
- Scale:
- Scale [ca. 1:1,540,000]
- Coordinates:
- a
1540000
W1230000
W0930000
N0400000
N0300000
(W 123⁰--W 93⁰/N 40⁰--N 30⁰). - Genre:
- Maps
- Format:
- Map
- Content Type:
- Maps, Atlases & Globes
- Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Call Number:
- 80 1847
- Folder:
- BRBL_00533
- Orbis Record:
- 4929218
- Yale Collection:
- Beinecke Library
- Digital Collection:
- General Collection, BRBL, Yale University
- Citation:
- Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West, 544
- Extent of digitization:
- Complete work digitized.
- OID:
- 15812925
- PID:
- digcoll:4374694
