Ed Government Survey of US MAPS Border CANADA Native Americans Indians. In 1846 the 49th parallel between Lake of the Woods in Minnesota and the Juan de Fuca Strait was roughly designated as the boundary between Canada and the United States. A formal survey conducted between 1859 and 1861 by the British Northwest Boundary Commission had more precisely established and marked the Pacific Northwest boundary from Esquimalt (now Portland, Oregon) to the summit of the Rocky Mountains. The boundary eastward from there had not been exactly determined until, by order of an Act of Congress on March 19, 1872, a commission was established to fix and mark the land-boundary from the Stony Mountains to the Lake of the Woods. This comprehensive 624-page report documents in pictures, maps and astronomical tables the precise determination of that boundary. The plates depict landmarks along the boundary, from specific mountain ranges to Indian settlements on the northern plains to topographically distinctive riverbeds. First edition of the formal U. Government survey of the northern border, with 15 fine full-page tinted lithographic views and 14 maps, charts and diagrams. W J Twining; Archibald Campbell. Ulysses S Grant; Hamilton Fish; James F Gregory; F V Greene; Lewis Boss. Reports upon the survey of the boundary between the territory of the United States and the possessions of Great Britain from the Lake of the Woods to the summit of the Rocky Mountains : authorized by an act of Congress approved March 19, 1872. Printed for the U. Department of State by the Government Printing Office, 1878. 7 folding maps at rear. 2 The Milk River Gorge. 5 Chief Mountain Lake. 6 Half Breed Hunters Camp. 7 Lake Roche Percee. 8 Snow Storm in the Coteau. 10 Cutting on Meridian NW Point Lake of the Woods. 14 Rocky Mountain Falls. 15 Camp at Pine Ridge. Message from the President of the United States communicating information in relation to the boundary-line between the United States and the possessions of Great Britain… Reports of the Commissioner and of the Chief Astronomer of the Northern Boundary. United States Northern Boundary Commission. Report of Commissioner Archibald Campbell. Reports of the Chief Astronomer and his assistants. Twining, Corps of Engineers, Brevet Major, U. Chief Astronomer and Surveyor. Appendix A to Report of Capt. Twining, Corps of Engineers, Chief Astronomer: Report of Capt. Gregory, Corps of Engineers, United States Army. Appendix B to Report of Capt. Twining, Corps of Engineers, Chief Astronomer: Report of First Lieut. Greene, United States Engineers. Appendix H to Report of Capt. Twining, Corps of Engineers, Chief Astronomer: Report on the declinations of the stars employed in latitude work with the zenith telescope… By assistant Lewis Boss, now Director of Dudley Observatory. Recapitulation of systematic corrections to declinations. Catalogue of 500 stars for the epoch 1875.0, containing declinations with their annual variations and other terms of precession. Wear as seen in photos. Tight and secure hardcover binding. Complete with all 619 pages; plus indexes, prefaces, and such. 12in X 9.5in (30.5cm x 24.5cm). The item “1878 1st ed Government Survey of US MAPS Border CANADA Native Americans Indians” is in sale since Monday, December 28, 2015. This item is in the category “Books\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “schilb_antique_books” and is located in Columbia, Missouri. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Americana
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition
• Origin: American
• Year Printed: 1878
• Printing Year: 1878