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Title Climatic Map of the Eastern Slope of the Rocky Mountains Compiled from U.S.A. Signal Service and Medical Reports Geological Surveys, Individual Observations & c.
Alternate Title Climatic Map of the Eastern Slope of the Rocky Mountains
Creator Denison, Charles, 1845-1909
Type of Resource cartographic
Date Created 1877
Digital Origin reformatted digital
Topics Medical climatology
Climatotherapy
Places Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Dates Nineteenth century
Subject Genre Statistical maps
Meteorological charts
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/10176/codu:58001
Rights Statement Made available by the University of Denver Penrose Library solely for research and educational purposes. The user is responsible for all copyright, privacy and publicity rights compliance.
Publisher Riverside Press
Language English
Extent 1 online resource (map) : TIFF file, col.
Physical Note Raster
Original Sheet(s): 54 x 25 cm.
Scale Scale not given.
Coordinates (W 108°--W 102°/N 42°--N 32°)
Notes » Website description: Denison designed several maps to promote migration to the Front Range, including this one touting the health benefits of Colorado’s climate.
» Scale bar in map image.
» Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
» Relief shown by hachures, tints and contours.
» Contour interval: 500 feet.
» Depicts road and rail transportation routes, isothermal lines, mean temperatures, relative humidity, precipitation and prevailing winds in portions of Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas.
» Host/Source Creator: Denison, Charles, 1845-1909. Host Type of Resource: text. Host Extent: xii, 192 p. : fold. map, fold. chart ; 21 cm.
» Alternate title from Website.
Host Title Rocky Mountain health resorts. An analytical study of high altitudes in relation to the arrest of chronic pulmonary disease. Boston, Mass. : Houghton, Osgood and company, 1880.
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