Record Details
Sketch of the Different Roads Embraced in the Itineraries. (1859)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Sketch of the Different Roads Embraced in the Itineraries. (1859) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu550 wsu 550; F593 .M31 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,693 |
| Creator | Marcy, Randolph Barnes, 1812-1887. |
| Date | 1859 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | New York, Harper & brothers |
| Description | 1 map; 23 x 28 cm. At the direction of the U.S. Government, Captain Randolph Marcy prepared a handbook for western emigrants. This book, "The Prairie Traveler", proved an invaluable aid for those traveling across America by wagon. In addition to the general route map depicted here, it included advice from many cultures on modes of travel, medicine, animal care, sanitation, firearms care, and general wilderness survival. It also included in-depth itineraries of the more common routes for... |
| Subject | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel -- Maps |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States -- West |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.5 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 |
| Relation | Is found in The prairie traveler. A hand-book for overland expeditions. With maps, illustrations, and itineraries of the principal routes between the Mississippi . and the Pacific. |
