Map showing detailed topography of the country traversed by the reconnaissance expedition through southern & southeastern Nevada, 1869 (reproduction)

Metadata

Digital ID

map000067

Title

Map showing detailed topography of the country traversed by the reconnaissance expedition through southern & southeastern Nevada, 1869 (reproduction)

Alternative Title

Southern & southeastern Nevada; Reconnaissance expedition through southern & southeastern Nevada;

Creator

• Hamel, P. W.(feed)

Description

At top of map: 'Reconnaissance Maps, Department of California.' 'In charge of, Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, U.S. Engineers; assisted by Lieut. D.W. Lockwood, Corps of Engineers,U.S.A., 1969.' 'P.W. Hamel, chief topographer and draugthsman.' 'Traced 11-13-67.' 'BGS'; the G is enclosed in an arrowhead shape. 'Officially compiled and published at the Engineer Office, Head Quarters Department of California in 1869 and 70 by order of Brigadier General E.O.C. Ord. Comm'dg. [signed] Geo. M. Wheeler, Lieutenant of Engineers In Charge, Head Quarters Dept. of Cal. Oct. 26th, 1870.' Includes information from railroad maps, the United States Geological Survey of the 40th parallel and from Lieutenant Ives' explorations along the Colorado. Map includes camps, astronomical stations, good and bad wagon roads, trails, springs, settlements, mining districts, state and county boundaries and the watershed between the Humboldt and Colorado Basin. Shows most of eastern half of Nevada. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.

Contributor

Wheeler, George M. (George Montague), 1842-1905; Lockwood, D. W. (Daniel Wright), 1845-1931;

Source

Scale indeterminable. (W 117°00´--W 113°00´/N 41°45´--N 35°45´). Series: Reconnaissance maps. Military map / Department of California ; no. 1. Reproduction. Map is printed in purple. Scale of original map: [1:760,320]. 1 in. to approx. 12 miles. Includes dots hand-colored with red pencil marking Indian rancherias.

Accession Number

G4351.C2 1869 .U552

Original Date

1869

Alternative Date

1869

State/Province

• Nevada(feed)

Country

United States

Subject (LCSH)

• Nevada -- Maps, Topographic(feed)
• Nevada -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps(feed)

DC Type

Still Image

Genre (LC TGM)

Maps

Is Part of

http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/dig,9

Rights

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Format

image/tif;

Digital Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries

Digital Collection

• Southern Nevada and Las Vegas History in Maps(feed)

Conversion Specifications

This file is derived from a high-resolution (300 dpi, 24-bit) uncompressed TIFF image that was scanned from the original using a Vidar TruScan Titan Atlas, default color configuration, using Vidar TruScan2 v.1.2.4.5 software. The TIFF file was converted into the JPEG2000 format.

Master File Format

image/tiff