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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

Maps
Topographic Maps

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

Cartographic

Date Issued

1898

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MLA format

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

APA format

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

Chicago/Turabian Format

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

Wikipedia citation

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