{"product_id":"40th-parallel-survey-map-3-utah-basin-salt-lake-topographical-clarence-king-1876-p-9-001056","title":"40th Parallel Survey Map 3—Utah Basin—Salt Lake—Topographical—Clarence King 1876","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eMap III — Utah Basin [Topographical]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA large two sheet map from Clarence King’s 1876 Geological and Topographical Atlas of the Fortieth Parallel Survey, the War Department expedition sent to examine the geological structure, geography and natural resources of a broad belt flanking the Central and Union Pacific railroads. King (1842–1901), appointed geologist-in-charge at only twenty-five and later the first Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, oversaw what Rumsey calls a “magnificent” atlas: a pioneering attempt to map the American West in one broad continuous cross-section. This third topographical map runs across northern Utah from Piedmont to Bovine and includes the Great Salt Lake basin. Executed in shaded relief rather than hachures, it gives a remarkably modern reading of lake margins, valley floors, passes and surrounding uplands across one of the survey’s central landscapes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53281283604827,"sku":"P-9-001056","price":1080.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-9-001056a.jpg?v=1780600527","url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/products\/40th-parallel-survey-map-3-utah-basin-salt-lake-topographical-clarence-king-1876-p-9-001056","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}