COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Macomb, J.N.
Author:
Newberry, J.S.
Date:
1876
Short Title:
Text and View: Plate III. Carboniferous & Cretaceous Fossils.
Publisher:
U.S. Government Printing Office
Publisher Location:
Washington D.C.
Type:
Text Page
Type:
View
Obj Height cm:
45
Obj Width cm:
30
Note:
Black and white lithograph.
Reference:
Wheat 983.
Region:
Southwestern U.S.
Full Title:
(Text and View) Plate III. Carboniferous & Cretaceous Fossils. Paleotology of Capt. Macombs Expls. T.Y. Gardner, del. T. Sinclair & Son. lith. Phila.
List No:
2699.020
Page No:
(153-154)
Series No:
19
Engraver or Printer:
T. Sinclair & Son
Engraver or Printer:
Gardner, T.Y.
Publication Author:
Macomb, J.N.
Pub Date:
1876
Pub Title:
Report of the Exploring Expedition From Santa Fe, New Mexico, To The Junction of the Grand and Green Rivers of the Great Colorado of the West, In 1859, Under the Command of Capt. J.N. Macomb, Corps of Topographical Engineers (Now Colonel of Engineers); With A Geological Report by Prof. J.S. Newberry, Geologist of the Expedition. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1876.
Pub Reference:
Wheat 983.
Pub Note:
Has the Egloffstein map, which Wheat calls "one of the most beautiful maps ever published by the Army." Egloffstein made his map in 1864. The publication of the map and the report were delayed by the Civil War. Map entitled, "Map of Explorations and Surveys in New Mexico and Utah made under the direction of the Secretary of War by Capt. J.N. Macomb Topl. Engrs. assisted by C.H. Dimmock, C. Engr. 1860." Bound book with cloth covers with title embossed on spine.
Pub List No:
2699.000
Pub Type:
Exploration Book
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
29
Pub Width cm:
23
Image No:
2699020
Authors:
Macomb, J.N.; Newberry, J.S.
Link To Source
Text and View: Plate III. Carboniferous & Cretaceous Fossils.
