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1917 Berthrong Map of Alaska
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Title
Alaska.
1917 (dated) 34.25 x 47.5 in (86.995 x 120.65 cm) 1 : 2534400
1917 (dated) 34.25 x 47.5 in (86.995 x 120.65 cm) 1 : 2534400
Description
This is a 1917 I. P. Berthrong and General Land Office map of Alaska. It highlights wildlife reservations, emphasizing the U.S. government's conservation efforts.
A Closer Look
Here, Berthrong and the G.L.O. provide a general overview of the territory. Different colored boundaries highlight reservations, including red (military, naval, and lighthouse), green (national forests), yellow (Indian reservations), and purple (bird, moose, reindeer, fish, etc.). Cities and towns are labeled throughout, including Juneau, Fairbanks, and Nome. The region's few telegraph lines are traced, and the White Pass and Yukon Railroad is illustrated, connecting Skagway with Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory. An inset map along the bottom border illustrates the westernmost Aleutian Islands.Publication History and Census
This map was compiled under the direction of I.P. Berthrong, printed by the Eckert Lithographing Company, and published by the General Land Office in 1917. This map is well-represented in institutional collections, but it is scarce to the private market.CartographerS
Ithamar Parsons Berthrong (February 26, 1853 - July 29, 1936) was an American surveyor, inventor, and draftsman active with the General Land Office of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Berthrong was born in Rochester, New York. He was made chief of the drafting division on March 23 of 1907. He is associated with many of the most important early 20th century maps issued by the GLO, among them, important maps of Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington, and more. More by this mapmaker...
The General Land Office (GLO) (1812 - 1946) was an independent agency of the United States government responsible for public domain lands in the United States. Created in 1812, it took over functions previously conducted by the Department of the Treasury. The GLO oversaw the surveying, platting, and sale of public lands in the western United States. It also administered the Preemption Act of 1841, which allowed individuals who were already living on federal land to purchase up to 160 acres of land before it was offered for sale to the general public, if they met certain requirements. Following the passage of the Homestead Act in 1862, which was also administered by the GLO, claims under the Preemption Act sharply decreased. The GLO became a part of the newly-created Department of the Interior in 1849. In 1891 Grover Cleveland and Congress created 17 forest reserves, due to public concern over forest conservation, which were initially managed by the GLO, until they were transferred to the Forest Service in 1905. In 1946 the Government Land Office was merged with the United States Grazing Service to become the Bureau of Land Management. Today the Bureau of Land Management administers the roughly 246 million acres of public land remaining under federal ownership. Learn More...
Eckert Lithographing Company (c. 1907 - 1918) was a printer active in Washington D.C. The firm appears to have worked exclusively for the U.S. Government, particularly the General Land Office and the U.S. Geological Survey. Learn More...
Condition
Good. Toning. Wear along original fold lines. Verso repairs to fold separations and edge tears. Areas of infill at more than half of fold intersections.
References
OCLC 21111817.