PUBLISHER: Published by Selmar Siebert's Engraving and Printing Establishment, Washington, D. C.
MEDIUM: Engraving,
DATE: 1857-58.
EDITION SIZE: 300 Image size 20 1/4 x 23" (515 x 585 cm).
DESCRIPTION: Title continues "... and part of Mexico Compiled Surveys Made under the Order of W. H. Emory. Major 1st Cavalry, U. S. Commissioner. And from the Maps of the Pacific Rail Road, General Land Office, and the Coast Survey. Projected and drawn under the supervision of Lt. N. Michler, Top'l Eng'rs. By Thomas Jekyll, C. E. 1857-8." Engraved by Selmar Siebert. Lettering by F. Courtenay.<br><br>This map shows early roads and forts, as well as treaty lines agreed upon for the boundary of the United States and Mexico. Topography is charted through the large Kansas and Nebraska territories, and through the west coast, although much of the territory between them remains unexplored. This is an important and well detailed map of the western territories, documenting the shifting state lines and gradual settlement occurring at the time.
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CONDITION: Good condition, backed with Japan paper.
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