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[Nevada and parts of California, Utah and Arizona] Explorations and Surveys South of Central Pacific R.R. . . . Preliminary Topographical Map Map Embracing in Skeleton a Portion Only of the Notes from Surveys . . . 1871 (with original text) By George M. Wheeler / Louis Nell
1871 George M. Wheeler / Louis Nell
[Nevada and parts of California, Utah and Arizona] Explorations and Surveys South of Central Pacific R.R. . . . Preliminary Topographical Map Map Embracing in Skeleton a Portion Only of the Notes from Surveys . . . 1871 (with original text)
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[Nevada and parts of California, Utah and Arizona] Explorations and Surveys South of Central Pacific R.R. . . . Preliminary Topographical Map Map Embracing in Skeleton a Portion Only of the Notes from Surveys . . . 1871
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Washington / 1871
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28.5 x 22 inches
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Description

Detailed map of the Southwest, prepared at the outset of the Surveys West of the100th Meridian.

The map is one of the few maps executed by Louis Nell during this time working for the War Department Topographical Engineers. Nell would later settle in Denver and become the most important map maker in Colorado from 1880 to the early 20th Century.

From Wheeler Surveys, ... West of 100th Meridian.

Reference
Wheat, C.I. (TM) 1237; Schmeckebier, L.F. p.44; Koepp, D.P. #1479.
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