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The Ashley-Smith explorations and the discovery of a central route to the Pacific, 1822-1829 : with the original journals
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Territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean : 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 ; compiled from authorized explorations and other reliable data / by Lieut. G. K. Warren, Top'l. Eng'rs in the Office of Pacific R.R. Surveys War Dept. under the direction of Bv't. Major W.H. Emory, Top'l Eng'rs in 1854 ; Capt. A.A. Humphreys, Top'l Eng'rs in 1854-1858 ; Recompiled and redrawn under the direction of Chief of Corps of Engineers / by Edward Freyhold 1865-66-67-68
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At head of title: "Headquarters Corps of Engineers, War Department." For another copy see RB 127677; 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. Cover has sticker from Henry R. Wagner's library. Submap: Territory of Alaska ceded by Russia to the United States 1868. Authority Table. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: 43236 Maps -US U. S. Eng Dept. ... Terr. of the U.S. N.Y. 1868.
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Map of Central America : including the states of Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua & Costa Rica ; the territories of Belise & Mosquito ; with parts of Mexico, Yucatan & New Granada ; shewing the routes between the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans, by way of Tehuantepeque, Nicaragua & Panama / edited by Trelawney Saunders F.R.G.S., from the original drawing of John Baily Esqr. R.M. of Guatemala with additions from the latest surveys of the Admiralty, S. Moro, Col. Lloyd, Garella, Codazzi, Hughes, Childs & other documents, the railway surveys in Honduras contributed by the Hon. E. G. Squier, formerly Charge d'Affaires of the United States to the Republics of Central America
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A record of the various proposals for routes through Central America. One note states, "The District of Socomusco formed part of Central America until 1843 when it was taken possession of by Mexico without treaty, and under protest by Guatemala against the occupation." Guatemala is still protesting. "London, Edward Stanford, Charing Cross. 1856." Elevations of 5 different routes shown. BM Maps, 2:224. Phillips, P.L. Maps of America, p. 216 (1879 reproduction in: Great Britain. Parliament. Accounts and papers, 1881, v. 99) Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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