Sketch Indicating The Advancement of the Surveys of the Public Lands and the Military Topographical and Geograhical Surveys West of the Mississippi Prepared Under The Direction of 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers US Army
US Army, 1879. Map. Lithograph. 32 1/2" x 44". This composite map of the West. Beautifully colored with impressive detail throughout. The map locates more than 130 forts, marked with flag notations, nearly 70 Indian reservations, the routes of many explorers, railroads with their land grants, and dozens of Spanish land grants noted. The map provides in fine detail a composite report showing the areas surveyed under the direction of George Wheeler in the south, Clarence King in the north... More