Map no. 2, from the mouth of Trap Creek to the Santa Fe crossing.

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Title Map no. 2, from the mouth of Trap Creek to the Santa Fe crossing.
Subject Pacific railroads--Explorations and surveys--Maps; Santa Fe National Historic Trail--Maps
Spatial Coverage Nebraska; Kansas; West (U.S.)
Description Scale of original map: 1:760,320. Original publisher: U.S. War Dept.; Engraved by Selmar Siebert, 1855
Creator Egloffstein, F. W., 1824-1885
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Contributors Gunnison, J. W. (John Williams), 1812-1853; Beckwith, E. G. (Edward Griffin), 1818-1881
Date 1855
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 G4051_P3_1855_E5_Map2.tif
Source G4051.P3 1855 E5; Explorations and surveys for a rail road route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Route near the 38th & 39th parallels.
Language eng
Relation J. Willard Marriott Library, Rare Maps
Coverage Coordinates: W 101 degrees 15 minutes--W 95 degrees 45 minutes / N 41 degrees 30 minutes--N 36 degrees 15 minutes.
Rights Management Digital image copyright 2006, University of Utah. All rights reserved.
Contributing Institution J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Scanning Technician Kelly Taylor
ARK ark:/87278/s62234xq
Setname uu_awm
ID 1081834
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62234xq
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