Map showing routes of the river and land parties engaged in exploring the Grand Cañon of the Colorado; under the command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army; P.W. Hamel and L. Nell, Topographers; Weyss, Thompson & Lang del. [i.e. delineator or engraver].

Description:

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Prime meridian: Washington. Shows exploration routes, state borders. At lower left: "Issued Feb. 4th, 1878." "By order of the honorable, the Secretary of War, under the direction of Brig. Gen. A.A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army." Includes table of "dates of camps of river party in 1871." 1 map: 37 x 45 cm.

Resource Link:

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-012525283/39015095391010

Identifier:

d2d15fec-66b4-4896-bee8-b063d388d481

Language:

eng

Creator:

Dahl, James, former owner, Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.), Hamel, P. W., topographer, Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883, Nell, Louis, topographer, and Wheeler, George M. (George Montague), 1842-1905

Provider:

University of Michigan

Resource Class:

Maps

Temporal Coverage:

1878

Spatial Coverage:

Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park

Rights:

This map is in the public domain.

Rights Holder:

Please attribute access and use of this digitized map to the Stephen S. Clark Library, University of Michigan Library. https://www.lib.umich.edu/about-us/policies/copyright-policy

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG