Map Map without title showing the railroad route to Santa Fe and San Diego; the central route through South Pass and on to San Francisco and "Puget's Sound," and connecting railroads east of the Mississippi.

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About this Item

Title

  • Map without title showing the railroad route to Santa Fe and San Diego; the central route through South Pass and on to San Francisco and "Puget's Sound," and connecting railroads east of the Mississippi.

Summary

  • Outline map of North America showing proposed railroad routes within the present limits of the United States. This is one of the earliest promotional maps for a transcontinental railroad to come before the United States Congress and claimed by the author to have been "conceived as early as 1830."

Names

  • Whitney, Asa, 1797-1872.
  • Miller & Co.

Created / Published

  • N[ew] Y[ork] Miller's Lith. [1849]

Headings

  • -  Railroads--United States--Maps
  • -  United States

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:15,500,000.
  • -  Title from C. I. Wheat's Mapping the transmississippi west.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  At top of map: No. 2.
  • -  From the author's A project for a railroad to the Pacific.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 14
  • -  Includes distance chart showing distances via Northern Route, Southern Route, Galveston Route, and St. Louis Route.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  AACR2

Medium

  • map 38 x 46 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3701.P3 1849 .W5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • gm71000953

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Whitney, Asa, and Miller & Co. Map without title showing the railroad route to Santa Fe and San Diego; the central route through South Pass and on to San Francisco and "Puget's Sound," and connecting railroads east of the Mississippi. [New York Miller's Lith, 1849] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000953/.

APA citation style:

Whitney, A. & Miller & Co. (1849) Map without title showing the railroad route to Santa Fe and San Diego; the central route through South Pass and on to San Francisco and "Puget's Sound," and connecting railroads east of the Mississippi. [New York Miller's Lith] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000953/.

MLA citation style:

Whitney, Asa, and Miller & Co. Map without title showing the railroad route to Santa Fe and San Diego; the central route through South Pass and on to San Francisco and "Puget's Sound," and connecting railroads east of the Mississippi. [New York Miller's Lith, 1849] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gm71000953/>.