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].

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]. Full Details

Title:: 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.
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
Place:: 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
Language:: English
Date Added:: 2021-04-16