Charles Walcot
The Gold and Coal Fields of Alaska, 1898
23 ½ x 28 ½ in
60 x 73 cm
60 x 73 cm
USA9417
Large map of Alaska focusing on its natural resources, mainly coal and gold. Produced by the Charles Walcott, the director of the USGS. Walcott was that rare combination of both...
Large map of Alaska focusing on its natural resources, mainly coal and gold. Produced by the Charles Walcott, the director of the USGS.
Walcott was that rare combination of both an able administrator and an important scientist, particularly in the field of palaentology, who repurposed and refocused the USGS at a time when it had been transferred from the U.S. Department of the Interior to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Original colour.
Walcott was that rare combination of both an able administrator and an important scientist, particularly in the field of palaentology, who repurposed and refocused the USGS at a time when it had been transferred from the U.S. Department of the Interior to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Original colour.
