COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Johnston, Joseph E.
Author:
Marcy, R. B.
Author:
Simpson. James H.
Author:
Whiting, W.H.C.
Date:
1850
Short Title:
Inscriptions on north face of Inscription Rock. Sept. 17
Publisher:
P.S. Duval's Lith. Steam Press
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Type:
View
Obj Height cm:
10
Obj Width cm:
18
Note:
Uncolored lithograph view of inscriptions carved on north face of El Moro or Inscription Rock in western New Mexico. Printed by P. S. Duval's Steam Lith. Press, Philadelphia. In upper margin: Senate Ex. Doc. 1st Sess. 31st Cong. No. 64.
Subject:
Archeology
Subject:
Indians
Full Title:
Inscriptions on north face of Inscription Rock. Sept. 17. R. H. Kern delt. P.S. Duval's Lith. Steam Press. Philada. (to accompany) Reports of the secretary of war, with reconnaissances of routes from San Antonio to El Paso ... 1850.
List No:
0380.071
Page No:
Pl. 68
Series No:
71
Engraver or Printer:
Kern, Richard H., 1821-1853
Publication Author:
Johnston, Joseph E.
Publication Author:
Marcy, R. B.
Publication Author:
Simpson. James H.
Publication Author:
Whiting, W.H.C.
Pub Date:
1850
Pub Title:
Reports of the secretary of war, with reconnaissances of routes from San Antonio to El Paso, by Brevet Lt. Col. J. E. Johnston; Lieutenant W. F. Smith; Lieutenant F. T. Bryan; Lieutenant N. H. Michler; and Captain S. G. French, of Q'rmaster's dep't. Also, the report of Capt. R. B. Marcy's route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe; and the report of Lieut. J. H. Simpson of an expedition into the Navajo country; and the report of Lieutenant W. H. C. Whiting's reconnaissances of the western frontier of Texas. July 24, 1850. Washington: Printed at the Union Office. 1850. [Senate.] 31st Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 64.
Pub Note:
This volume includes four important reports of US military expeditions in the west and southwest during 1849 and 1850. The maps and plates are part of the Report by Lieut. J. H. Simpson of an expedition into the Navajo country, which includes some of the first descriptions and views of the area around Canyon de Chelly and Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. 250 pages, 75 lithographed plates, some colored, plans, views and 2 folded maps: "Reconnoissances of Routes from San Antonio De Bexar To El Paso Del Norte," and "Map of the Route pursued in 1849 by the U.S. Troops...In an Expedition against the Navajos Indians." Maps Include rivers and some topographical features. The plates are numbered 1-75, but there were no plate numbers 2, 21, or 39 as issued. Plates and maps show the land explored, the natives encountered, rock inscriptions, etc. Bound in brown embossed cloth covers with title "Reconnaissances in New Mexico and Texas &c." in gilt on spine.
Pub List No:
0380.000
Pub Type:
Exploration Book
Pub Maps:
2
Pub Height cm:
23
Pub Width cm:
15
Image No:
0380071.jp2
Authors:
Johnston, Joseph E.; Marcy, R. B.; Simpson. James H.; Whiting, W.H.C.
