Boundaries, Areas, Geographic Centers and Altitudes of the United States and the Several States: With a Brief Record of Important Changes in Their Territory |
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Came upon this book after finding the Utah/Colorado border as "disputed" on Google Maps. Fun reading if you like this sort of thing, and I do. Tons of info about how the borders came into being and in some cases adjusted. A great reference.
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Términos y frases comunes
anticline appointed bank basin beds beginning bound boundary line called channel charter claimed coast commissioners Congress Connecticut contains corner County course Creek crosses Dakota Delaware deposits described determined direct distance divide drawn east eastern established extending fault feet field fixed formation formed Georgia given granted hundred included intersection Island known Lake land limestone limits longitude Louisiana lying March marked Maryland Massachusetts meridian Mexico Michigan middle miles Mississippi Missouri monument Mountains mouth north latitude northern northwest Ocean Office Ohio original parallel passed Pennsylvania phosphate portion position present Province range reference region River rock sample sandstone Shale shore showing side southern square Stat stone stream surface Survey Tennessee Territory thence thereof thick treaty United Virginia Washington western York
Pasajes populares
Página 30 - Red river; then, following the course of the Rio Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 west from London, and 23 from Washington ; then, crossing the said Red River, and running thence by a line due north, to the river Arkansas ; thence, following the course of the southern bank of the Arkansas, to its source, in latitude 42 north ; and thence, by that parallel of latitude, to the South sea...
Página 42 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, and protection of said canal...
Página 30 - But If the source of the Arkansas River shall be found to fall north or south of latitude 42, then the line shall run from the said source due south or north, as the case may be, till It meets the said parallel of latitude 42, and thence, along the said parallel, to the South Sea...
Página 33 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and (between the 131st and 133d degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich,) the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Página 148 - That in all that Territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of Thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
Página 40 - A line running from west to east along or near the twentieth parallel of north latitude, and through the middle of the navigable channel of Bachi, from the one hundred and eighteenth (118th) to the one hundred and twenty-seventh (127th) degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich...
Página 175 - Brule in a direct line to the center of the channel between Middle and South Islands, in the Lake of the Desert; thence in a direct line to the head waters of the Montreal river, as marked upon the survey made by Captain Cramm; thence down the main channel of the Montreal river to the middle of Lake Superior; thence through the center of Lake Superior to the mouth of the St.
Página 213 - ... degree of north latitude; thence running in a straight line, in a southeasterly direction, to the River Colorado, at a point where it intersects the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Página 104 - ... as it doth extend; and from the head of the said river, the eastern bounds are...
Página 31 - Rio Gila, where it unites with the Colorado, to a point on the coast of the Pacific ocean distant one marine league due south of the southernmost point of the port of San Diego, according to the plan of said port made in the year 1782 by Don Juan Pantoja, second...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Boundaries, Areas, Geographic Centers and Altitudes of the United States and the Several States: With a Brief Record of Important Changes in Their Territory Tema 689 de Bulletin (Geological Survey (U.S.))), Geological Survey (U.S.). Volumen689 de U.S. Geological Survey bulletin United States Geological survey. Bulletin 689 |
| Autor | Edward Morehouse Douglas |
| Colaborador | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Editor | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1923 |
| Largo | 234 páginas |
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