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Route from the Gulf of Mexico and the lower Mississippi Valley to California and the Pacific Ocean : illustrated by a general map and sectional maps: with directions to travellers
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Map of the Central Route from the Valley of the Mississippi to California
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The seat of war. Birds Eye View of the Mississippi Valley from Cairo to the Gulf of Mexico
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Map of the Territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
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For another copy see RB 43236; for the top half of the original 1857 map on which this is based, see RB 49791; for a reduced reproduction of the original 1857 map, see RB 342277. Blue lines show the division of the country into Military Departments. Utah covers present day Utah and Nevada, New Mexico covers Arizona and New Mexico. Two red lines show the proposed northern and southern rail routes. At head of title: Engineer Bureau, War Department. "Engraved on stone by Julius Bien Co., New York." Listed Authorities and exploration dates. "Engineer Bureau. War Department" "...originally prepared to accompany the Reports of the Explorations for a Pacific Railroad Route; originally prepared to accompany the reports of the explorations for a Pacific railroad route ; made in accordance with the 10th & 11th sections of the Army Appropriation, Act of March 3rd 1853." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: W. G. Ritch.
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