Record Details
Colton's map of the states and territories west of the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean : showing the overland routes, projected rail road lines, &c, (1864)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Colton's map of the states and territories west of the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean : showing the overland routes, projected rail road lines, &c, (1864) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu319 WSU 319; G4050 1864 .J14x http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,532 |
| Creator | J.H. Colton & Co. |
| Date | 1864 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | New York : The Company |
| Description | 1 map : hand col. ; 67 x 97 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Also shows locations of native tribes. Cover title: Colton's map of the states & territories from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, & c. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1864 by J.H. Colton in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York." Prime meridians: Greenwich and... |
| Subject | West (U.S.) -- Maps.; Indians of North America -- Maps; Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- Maps. |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | Original maps were photographed using a Mamiya R267 camera on 120 film and scanned at 4,000 dpi as TIFF files on a Nikon Super Cool Scan 8000. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.4 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries. image/jpeg |
| Contributor | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Language | English |
