{"product_id":"40th-parallel-survey-western-united-states-general-sections-geological-1876-map-p-9-001059","title":"40th Parallel Survey—Western United States—General Sections—Geological 1876 map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'General Sections'\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 Accompanying the Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, the War Department survey charged with examining the geological structure, geography and natural resources of the transcontinental railroad corridor along the 40th parallel. 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: the first attempt to map the American West in so broad a continuous cross-section. This General Sections map brings the survey’s geological argument together in ten full-colour cross-sections, with legends at either side, synthesising the strata and structure beneath the surveyed belt from Wyoming and Colorado across Utah to Nevada and the Sierra front.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53281284260187,"sku":"P-9-001059","price":680.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-9-001059a.jpg?v=1780600525","url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/products\/40th-parallel-survey-western-united-states-general-sections-geological-1876-map-p-9-001059","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}