Alaska route of military expedition: in charge of Captain E.F. Glenn, U.S.A., from Knik Arm to Tanana River, 1898
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Title
Alaska route of military expedition: in charge of Captain E.F. Glenn, U.S.A., from Knik Arm to Tanana River, 1898
Collection
Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
States
Alaska
Names
Geological Survey (U.S.) (Creator)
Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927 (Creator)
Mendenhall, Walter C. (Walter Curran), 1871-1957 (Creator)
United States. Congress (55th, 3rd session : 1898-1899) (Issuing body)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1898 (Inferred)
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: U.S. Congress
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 18-881
Subjects
Glenn, Edwin F. (Edwin Forbes), 1857-1926
Tanana River (Alaska)
Talkeetna Mountains (Alaska)
Chugach Mountains (Alaska)
Turnagain Arm (Alaska)
Kenai Lake (Alaska)
Alaska -- Discovery and exploration
Alaska
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: "Topography by W.C. Mendenhall, Assistant geologist, U.S. Geological Survey."
Statement Of Responsibility: In upper left corner "U.S. Geological Survey Charles D. Walcott, Director."
Citation/Reference: Congressional information service. CIS U.S. serial set index. Pt. 14, Index and carto-bibliography of maps, entry 3737 ( 55- 3) S.doc. 172, map 7
Citation/Reference: New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 1, page 127, column 3, no. 5
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 66 x 25 cm, on sheet 78 x 30 cm
NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 54917
Abstract
Relief shown by contours. Contour intervals approximately 250 feet, for insets, 500 feet, and 1000 feet. Includes 2 insets: Turnagain Arm to Knik Arm via Glacier and Yukla Creeks -- Across Kenai Peninsula from Resurrection Bay to Turnagain Arm. "Map 6"-- top center margin. In upper right corner "Report, Public Resolution No. 25, 55th Congress, 3D Session."
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 56839184
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21511319
Folder number: US034.2.06
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d6d5c350-fd3e-0135-d061-5d18a13c74ff
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1898
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Alaska route of military expedition: in charge of Captain E.F. Glenn, U.S.A., from Knik Arm to Tanana River, 1898" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1898. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d6d5c350-fd3e-0135-d061-5d18a13c74ff
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1898). Alaska route of military expedition: in charge of Captain E.F. Glenn, U.S.A., from Knik Arm to Tanana River, 1898 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d6d5c350-fd3e-0135-d061-5d18a13c74ff
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Alaska route of military expedition: in charge of Captain E.F. Glenn, U.S.A., from Knik Arm to Tanana River, 1898" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d6d5c350-fd3e-0135-d061-5d18a13c74ff
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