Beckwith and Egloffstein. Map No. 2 From Great Salt Lake to the Humboldt Mountains. 1856. San Francisco it reflects Spain’s efforts to

it reflects Spain’s efforts to reinforce control over its maritime empire amid growing British naval threats and the onset of independence movements in Spanish America

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Notwithstanding its apparent shortcomings Disturnell’s Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico was undoubtedly a popular and widely consulted map in 1847

- Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

and Chalcontengo

Beckwith and Egloffstein. Map No. 2 From Great Salt Lake to the Humboldt Mountains. 1856. San Francisco it reflects Spain’s efforts toE. G. Beckwith (18181881) & E. W. Egloffstein (18241888) Map No. 2 From Great Salt Lake to the Humboldt Mountains From U. S. Pacific Railroad Surveys, Washington, D. C., 1856 Hand colored lithograph Sheet size: 20. 5 x 18 inches This detailed map represents a segment of the U. S. Pacific Railroad Surveys, a series of explorations commissioned by Congress to determine the most practical and economic route for a transcontinental railroad. Conducted