COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Map of the United States.
Obj Height cm:
106
Obj Width cm:
98
Scale 1:
1:3,168,000
Note:
This was the best general map of the American West published by the Topographical Engineers until the Emory and Warren maps of 1857. Wheat calls it "beautiful... a synthesis of the many and varied cartographic activities of the U.S. Army carried on in the West since the onset of the Mexican War, with numerous individual maps subjected to correction and enhanced by new data." A large and imposing production, the map shows the new political divisions of California, Utah and New Mexico and is engraved in the best style by the well known Sherman and Smith firm of New York. Map is without color.
Reference:
Wheat 696; P-Maps 900; Graff 4302; Streeter 3880.
Full Title:
Map Of The United States And Their Territories Between The Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean And Of Part of Mexico. Compiled in the Bureau of the Corps of Topogl. Engs. under a Resolution of the U.S. Senate. From the best authorities which could be obtained. 1850. Engraved by Sherman and Smith, New-York.
List No:
5142.000
Series No:
1
Pub Date:
1850
Pub Title:
Map Of The United States And Their Territories Between The Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean And Of Part of Mexico. Compiled in the Bureau of the Corps of Topogl. Engs. under a Resolution of the U.S. Senate. From the best authorities which could be obtained. 1850. Engraved by Sherman and Smith, New-York.
Pub Reference:
Wheat 696; P-Maps 900; Graff 4302; Streeter 3880.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
5142.000
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
106
Pub Width cm:
98
Image No:
5142000
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 1998
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
Sherman and Smith
Type:
Separate Map
Country:
Mexico
Country:
United States
State/Province:
U.S. West
Region:
Mississippi River
Subject:
U.S. War Dept.
Publication Author:
U.S. War Department, Topographical Engineers
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Author:
U.S. War Department, Topographical Engineers
Date:
1850
Map of the United States.
