Santa Fé to San Diego: July 24, to December 3, 1849

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Topographic map of John Wesley Powell's route from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to San Diego, California, traced in red. Bodies of water, historic or notable sites, and geographic features are also marked, with relief shown in hachures. There is an inset map in the upper-left corner, marking Powell's route on a map of the United States.

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1 map ; 26 x 42 cm.

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  • Main Title: Santa Fé to San Diego: July 24, to December 3, 1849
  • Added Title: Santa Fé to San Diego

Description

Topographic map of John Wesley Powell's route from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to San Diego, California, traced in red. Bodies of water, historic or notable sites, and geographic features are also marked, with relief shown in hachures. There is an inset map in the upper-left corner, marking Powell's route on a map of the United States.

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1 map ; 26 x 42 cm.

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"A reduced facsimile of a section of Emory's Map of 1848, showing Powell's route traced in red."

"N. B. Cooke's Wagon Route, often alluded to by Powell, is also designed."

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  • Accession or Local Control No: HSU-0307002083722
  • Accession or Local Control No: 5.A.22
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth493303

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Abilene Library Consortium

Featuring thousands of newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, technical drawings, and much more, this diverse collection tells the story of Texas through the preservation and exhibition of valuable resources.

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Jesse Wallace Williams Map Collection

Historic topographic maps of locations in Texas and surrounding states. The detailed maps include precise locations of roads, waterways, structures and more.

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  • Sept. 14, 2014, 9:49 a.m.

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  • Sept. 9, 2020, 2:48 p.m.

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  • 35.686975, -105.937799
  • 32.715738, -117.161084

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Santa Fé to San Diego: July 24, to December 3, 1849, map, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth493303/: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.

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