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Map The basins of the Mississippi and tributaries, their systems of drainage and downfall.

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Title

  • The basins of the Mississippi and tributaries, their systems of drainage and downfall.

Names

  • Mechlin, J. R. P.
  • Shoemaker, J. C.
  • P.S. Duval & Son.
  • United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.

Created / Published

  • [Washington] Corps of Top'l. Eng'rs., U.S.A., 1861.

Headings

  • -  Mississippi River Watershed--Maps
  • -  United States--Mississippi River Watershed

Notes

  • -  Scale 1:6,000,000.
  • -  At head of title: U.S. Miss. Delta Survey. Plate 1.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  "Note. This map is mainly reduced from the official map, compiled in the Office of Explorations to exhibit Pacific Rail Road Routes, War Dept., and from Colton's Maps of the several States ... Red figures denote annual downfall of rain ... "
  • -  "Prepared to accompany the report of Capt. A. A. Humphreys and Lieut. H. L. Abbot, Corps of Top'l. Eng'rs. U.S.A. to the Bureau of Topl. Engrs., War Dept.
  • -  AACR2: 651; 710/2; 710/3

Medium

  • col. map 44 x 51 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4042.M5 1861 .M4

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 78692251

Online Format

  • image

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Mechlin, J. R. P, J. C Shoemaker, P.S. Duval & Son, and United States Army. Corps Of Topographical Engineers. The basins of the Mississippi and tributaries, their systems of drainage and downfall. [Washington Corps of Top'l. Eng'rs., U.S.A, 1861] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/78692251/.

APA citation style:

Mechlin, J. R. P., Shoemaker, J. C., P.S. Duval & Son & United States Army. Corps Of Topographical Engineers. (1861) The basins of the Mississippi and tributaries, their systems of drainage and downfall. [Washington Corps of Top'l. Eng'rs., U.S.A] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/78692251/.

MLA citation style:

Mechlin, J. R. P, et al. The basins of the Mississippi and tributaries, their systems of drainage and downfall. [Washington Corps of Top'l. Eng'rs., U.S.A, 1861] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/78692251/>.