Geological Section from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean...
Product information: Geological Section from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean...
Original lithograph, hand colored in wash when published. This early geological map depitcs the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. On the upper side is the title with the mileage scale. A talbe of content with ten different types of stones is on the upper left side of the map. This geological map was prepared to accompany Blake's report of the transcontinental railroad.
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| Category: | Geological map of the Mississippi |
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| Issue date: | 1853 |
| Published place: | New York |
| Publisher: | Sarony, Major & Knapp |
| Technique: | Lithograph / hand colored. |
| Type: | map |