COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Map Of The Route Of The Southern Continental Rail Road
Obj Height cm:
76
Obj Width cm:
95
Scale 1:
3,800,000
Note:
This is a somewhat later issue of the Palmer map that adds a Keeler credit in the title, above the title adds the date June 1869 next to three railroad symbol explanations, and adds a table of "Distances by the Kansas Pacific Railway to Denver & Cheyenne thence by the Pacific Railroad to San Francisco," and eliminates the "explanations" in the lower right.
Reference:
Wheat 1206; cf Howes P54 (Report of Surveys...).
Full Title:
Map Of The Route Of The Southern Continental R.R. With Connections From Kansas City Mo. Ft. Smith Ark. And Shreveport La. Giving a general View of the Recent Surveys of the Kansas Pacific Railway Co, across the Continent Made in 1867 & 1968 under the direction of Gen. Wm. J. Palmer. On the routes of the 32nd and 35th Parallels together with compilations from Keeler's Official Map showing the Central and Northern Routes to the Pacific, and the intermediate topography. J.F Gedney Lith, Washington, D.C.
List No:
4692.000
Series No:
1
Pub Date:
1869
Pub Title:
Map Of The Route Of The Southern Continental R.R. With Connections From Kansas City Mo. Ft. Smith Ark. And Shreveport La. Giving a general View of the Recent Surveys of the Kansas Pacific Railway Co, across the Continent Made in 1867 & 1968 under the direction of Gen. Wm. J. Palmer. On the routes of the 32nd and 35th Parallels together with compilations from Keeler's Official Map showing the Central and Northern Routes to the Pacific, and the intermediate topography. J.F Gedney Lith, Washington, D.C.
Pub Reference:
Wheat 1206; cf Howes P54 (Report of Surveys...).
Pub Note:
This is a somewhat later issue of the Palmer map that adds a Keeler credit in the title, above the title adds the date June 1869 next to three railroad symbol explanations, and adds a table of "Distances by the Kansas Pacific Railway to Denver & Cheyenne thence by the Pacific Railroad to San Francisco," and eliminates the "explanations" in the lower right.
Pub List No:
4692.000
Pub Height cm:
76
Pub Width cm:
95
Image No:
4692000
Publisher Location:
Washington
Publisher:
J.F. Gedney Lith.
Type:
Separate Map
State/Province:
U.S. Mid West
State/Province:
U.S. West
Subject:
Railroad
Publication Author:
Palmer, William. J.
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Author:
Palmer, William. J.
Date:
1869
Map Of The Route Of The Southern Continental Rail Road
