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Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; ordered by Jeff'n Davis, Secretary of War to accompany the reports of the explorations for a railroad route.

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Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; ordered by Jeff'n Davis, Secretary of War to accompany the reports of the explorations for a railroad route.

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Summary

Scale 1:3,000,000.
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
Shows Indian tribal locations, military posts, and routes and dates of expeditions and surveys.
Exhibition: Exhibited: Rivers, edens, empires: Lewis & Clark and the revealing of America, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., July 24-Nov. 29, 2003.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Includes "Authorities."
LC copy annotated in color and black ink to show boundaries, place names, base lines, proposed Indian reservations and Indian land cessions.
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Date

01/01/1858
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Contributors

Warren, G. K. (Gouverneur Kemble), 1830-1882.
Freyhold, Edward.
Bien, Julius, 1826-1909.
United States. War Department.
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Source

Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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