| Title |
Preliminary map of routes reconnoitered and opened in the Territory of Utah by Capt. J. H. Simpson, Corps of Topographical Engineers, in the fall of 1858, under the orders of Bvt. Brigadier General A.S. Johnston, commanding the Department of Utah. |
| Subject |
Trails--Utah--Maps; Utah--Exploring expeditions--Maps; Pacific wagon roads--Utah--Maps |
| Spatial Coverage |
Utah |
| Description |
Scale of original map: ca. 1:1,260,000. Shows other early trails through Great Salt Lake region. Original publisher: U.S. War Department; printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1858 |
| Creator |
Simpson, J. H. (James Hervey), 1813-1883 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Contributors |
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862. |
| Date |
1858 |
| Type |
Image/StillImage |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Digitization Specifications |
Scanned with a Leica S1 Pro digital scanning camera, using a Hasselblad 120mm Makro-Planar f/4 lens. Exposure was at f/11 with a blue filter. Lighting provided by Kaiser Softlite ProVision 6x55W fluorescent 5400K daylight lights. Files saved as uncompressed TIFF at 3500x 5117 pixels. Tif files imported into CONTENTdm for conversion to JPEG2000 display images |
| Resource Identifier |
Doc_Serial_984_40.tif |
| Source |
Doc. Serial 984-40; From: Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, Captain Simpson's report and map of wagon road routes in Utah Territory (35th Cong. 2nd Session Senate Ex. Doc. no.10) |
| Language |
eng |
| Relation |
J. Willard Marriott Library, Rare Books |
| Coverage |
Coordinates: W 114 degrees 20 minutes--W 109 degrees/N 42 degrees 30 minutes--N 39 degrees 20 minutes. |
| Rights Management |
Digital image copyright 2006, University of Utah. All rights reserved. |
| Source Physical Dimensions |
39 x 55 cm |
| Contributing Institution |
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| Scanning Technician |
Kelly Taylor |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6v98k7k |
| Setname |
uu_awm |
| ID |
1081851 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v98k7k |
