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Watson, Gaylord
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4 inset city maps and a War Dept. Weather Map. This is Watson's Western States Map in a new configuration with city plans - in order to make it a companion to the Railroad and County Map of the U.S. and Canada, which came with it, also dissected, with "United States" on the covers (see #2540.000); this map has "Territories" on the cover. Above the title is an explanation of the "American System of Weather Signals." The Chicago map shows the Burnt District in red. Lots of useful text spread around, in the classic Watson manner.
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[United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842), Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877, Wyld, James, 1812-1887]
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Engraved, 23 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches, colored in outline. Dissected, mounted on linen, folded to 9 x 5 inches, in original slip case (24 x 14 cm.) with Wyld's label, with title Oregon District. Inset: 21 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. This is a close copy of the original, but with much of the hachuring of mountains omitted as well as the representation of wooded areas. The boundaries of the Indian tribes are colored so that the ethnographic character of the map is emphasized. Original in the Warren Heckrotte Collection, which is source of description and notes.
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Disturnell, John
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Inside front cover "Statistics of the Republic of Mexico."
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Disturnell, John
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Red cloth covers 15x10 with "Mexico." stamped in gold.
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Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
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Cloth covered boards with "Canyons of the Colorado. J.W. Powell" engraved on the cover.
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[Pacific Railroad Survey, Warren, Gouverneur Kemble, 1830-1882]
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Wheeler, G.M.
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Bound in dark brown linen with title, date, volume number and topic on the spine.
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Union Pacific Railroad Company
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The text is titled "Sights and scenes in the Texas Pan Handle." On the verso is a large full color birdseye view Texas to Colorado, showing the route of the Union Pacific in bright red. The view extends from Fort worth to Cheyenne and Denver on the west. Folded into self wrappers.
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Eddy, Gerald A. (1890-1967)
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Colored birds eye view of the area around the proposed Hoover Dam. Shows state boundaries, boundary of National recreation area, and approximate boundary of Atomic testing grounds, railroads, highways, some distances, cities and towns. Relief shown pictorially and by spot heights. Depth shown by soundings.
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Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company
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Tan cardboard printed with above title against a dark blue and black background.
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[H.M. Gousha Company, Standard Oil Company of California]
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Red self wrappers printed with "Oregon road map Standard service on every road. Standard Oil Company of California."
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Northern Pacific Railroad Company
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"Northern Pacific Country. View of Tacoma, Washington Territory. The Pacific Coast terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad." Back cover: ... Ths sectional land map of western and central Washington ...
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Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company
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St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company.
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Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
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[Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Rand McNally and Company]
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Union Pacific Railroad Company
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[Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, Northern Pacific Railroad Company]
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Northern Pacific Railroad Company
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Southern Pacific Company
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96 page list of government and railroad lands indexed by parts and sections, with 2 maps inside front and back cover, bound into orange card board cover 23x15. Maps showing the railroad lines between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. " Southern Pacific Company, "Sunset Route" E.E. Currier, New Eng. Agt. 192 Washington Street, Boston Mass." Stamped on title page.
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[Rand McNally and Company, Texas Company]
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Green and red self wrappers printed with "Texaco touring map. Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and North & South Dakota. Texaco T Reg. T.M. The dealer who gives you this map can get you the most comfortable routing for any trip. Tour with Texaco." "3-37."
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Watson, Gaylord
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Shows early railroad development in the West, as well as many projected (and some never to be built) railroad lines. With two panels of text at the top titled "The Railroads to the Pacific Coast" and "The Pacific States and Territories." This map was reissued in 1874 with insets of cities added (see our copy), and appeared without the text and the city maps but with several revisions in Watson's New Commercial County and Railroad Atlas of 1875. Folded into embossed dark brown cloth covers 16.5x11.5 with "Watson's Map Of Western States And Territories." in gold. Full color by county.
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Colton, G.W. & C.B.
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This is a strip map extending from the Mississippi River to San Francisco, following the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads. It is derived from Colton's Map of the States and Territories West of the Mississippi River. It is folded accordion style into dark brown cloth covers 9.5x16.5 with "Colton's Map Of The Pacific Railroad Route From The Mississippi River To The Pacific Ocean. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co." stamped in gilt. The cover title is printed along the long dimension of the covers with the binding along the top edge. It is not mentioned in any Colton catalogs of the period and is probably scarce. Prime meridians are Greenwich and Washington D.C. Relief shown by hachures.
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Southern Pacific Company
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Self wrapper cover in color, illustrated.
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Colton, G.W. & C.B.
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Changes from the 1864 edition (see our #2928) include substantial additions in northern Nevada (Williamson expedition to Silver City in 1865 provided information used in this map), the extension of southern Nevada border into Arizona, a full delineation of the Black Hills in Dakota, the Central Pacific completed to Donner Pass and the Union Pacific completed to just east of "Cheyenne's Pass," and many additional counties, principally in Nebraska and Kansas. A vine border is added, and Colton's two sons are now the publishers. Full color by county. Folded into stamped dark brown cloth covers 16x10.5 with "Colton's Map Of The States & Territories From The Mississippi River To The Pacific Ocean, &c., &c. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co." in gilt. Relief shown by hachures.
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[Bancroft, H.H., Knight, W.H.]
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This map expands the coverage of the large Pacific States Map to include New Mexico, Colorado, most of Dakota and all of Montana. However, because of its relatively small size, there is much less detail shown. This same map appears in two parts in Clarke's New School Geography (see our copy) also published by Bancroft in 1866. In fact, we believe that the map was made primarily for the school geography (hence the simplification) and secondarily as a separate map. Wheat trashes the map: "we are surprised that Knight should have a hand in so inferior a job...No getting away from it, we must point the finger of shame at Knight for this map." The simplification is understandable for a school map, but showing the Green River entering the Colorado in Arizona is inexcusable at this date (especially for a school atlas!). Curiously, the companion Outline Map of the Pacific States in four sheets which accompanied the Clarke School Geography does show the Green and Colorado correctly. Notwithstanding its faults, the map is quite attractive, and, for some reason, scarce. With an excellent catalog of Bancroft's maps on the inside cover. Full color by county, and folded into stamped light brown cloth covers 16x10 with "Bancroft's Map Of The Rocky Mountain States, And The Pacific Coast." in gold. Relief shown by hachures.
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Colton, G.W. & C.B.
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Changes from the 1868 edition (see our #158) include the appearance of Wyoming, the completion of the Pacific Railroad, a more correct delineation of the Grand Canyon, and the relocation of the title to the lower left corner in order to show more of Texas. Full color by county. Folded into stamped dark brown cloth covers 15.5x10 with "Colton's Map Of The States & Territories From The Mississippi River To The Pacific Ocean, &c., &c. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co." in gilt. Prime meridians are Greenwich and Washington D.C. Relief shown by hachures.
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Colton, G.W. & C.B.
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Compared to the 1873 edition (see our #5144) just a few counties are added, primarily in Nebraska, Kansas, and Dakota. This map was issued frequently from 1864 to 1881, the latest issue listed in Karrow. The 1874 Colton General Atlas uses the upper half of this map to show the Northwestern States and Territories, while the States and Territories of the southwest are shown on several separate maps. The General Atlases of the period from 1864 to about 1872 use the upper and lower halves of this map to show the western States and Territories. Full color by county. Folded into stamped dark brown cloth covers 15.5x10 with "Colton's Map Of The States & Territories From The Mississippi River To The Pacific Ocean, &c., &c. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co." in gilt. Prime meridians are greenwich and Washington D.C.Releif shown by hachures.
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Freyhold, Edward; Warren, Gouverneur Kemble, 1830-1882; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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5 original sheets of 6, with the title sheet No. 6 (southeast corner) is photocopy. Each sheet is dissected into 24 sections and backed with linen. Wheat: "a complex map very different in aspect from that of 1868, yet no less beautiful, and employing the new information that had reached the War Department during the 1870's." It is a complete redrawing of the Freyhold/Warren map of 1868, larger in scale, and so dense in information that the itineraries are no longer shown. There is an inset of Alaska in the lower right. This copy belonged to James Douglas, the founder of the Phelps Dodge mining empire in Arizona and for whom Douglas, Arizona, was named. In the same year the Army issued somewhat larger versions of this map on thin paper for field use, one example being the Map of California and Nevada with Parts of Utah & Arizona (see our #3360). Each sheet folds with a marbled end paper into brown cloth covers 21.5x12.5 ; the sheet no. and region shown in each map is written in ms on the inside covers, alongside bookplates reading "Jamais Arriere. Ex Libris James Douglas. History Science Literature Theology ..." The photocopy of sheet 6 folds into new brown cloth covers very similar to the original covers. All six maps reside in a new brown cloth slip case 22.5x13.5 with a black label on spine reading "Territory of the U.S. west of the Mississippi River. Edward Freyhold. 1879" in gilt. With outline color by state; water in full color.
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