File:Rio Colorado of the West 1858.jpg

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Rio Colorado of the West / explored by 1st. Lieut. Joseph C. Ives, Topl. Engrs. under the direction of the Office of Explorations and Surveys, A. A. Humphreys, Capt. Topl. Engrs. in charge, by order of the Hon. John B. Floyd, Secretary of War; drawn by Frhr. F. W. v. Egloffstein, topographer to the expedition.

Published as: Explorations and Surveys, War Department, map no. 2, 1858.

Shows the Colorado River and vicinity, with the Grand Canyon towards the middle. The map covers approximately the northern half (and full width) of present-day Arizona.

Relief shown by shading and hachures. Also shows routes of exploration.

Scale: 1:760,320.

Digital version produced by the U.S. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. JPEG 2000 source image converted to JPEG by User:Delirium using JasPer 1.701.0, since JPEG 2000 is not as of this uploading supported on Commons.


This map is available from the United States Library of Congress's Geography & Map Division
under the digital ID g4302c.np000062.
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