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Title	Peten Guatemala 1927
Full Title	Map of the northeast section, Department of Peten, Guatemala / compiled by the P.W. Shufeldt Cia ; Capt. F. Vans Agnew and M. Didier Masson ; Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington ; U.S. Geol. Survey
Creator	Shufeldt, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1850-1934
Publication Date	1927?
Subject	Petén (Guatemala : Dept.)--Maps. Manuscript maps.
Continent	North and Central America
Country	Guatemala
State/Province	Peten
Notes	Manuscript map on drafting vellum showing geographic points, Maya ruins, trails, rivers, lakes and chicle camps.
Essay Description of Item	This manuscript map probably served as the source for a map accompanying an article by Oliver Ricketson, Jr., in Geographical Review (Ricketson 1928). The published map includes the following as part of its caption: "The Guatemalan section is based on a map of the chicle camps and trails of the P.W. Shufeldt Company (work of Captain Frank Vans Anew and Didier Masson) with latitude and longitidue of the ruins by the Carnegie Institution. All permanent sites in the Peten region as well as some temporary sites are included." Oliver Ricketson was an archaeologist affiliated with the Carnegie Institution of Washington who made several expeditions to this area doing research on the Maya (Wright 1952).
Type	Image
Original Collection	American Geographical Society Library - Maps
Original Item Description	1 map : ms., col. ; 65 x 72 cm.
Original Item ID	(AGS) (MAPS) 221-c.P47 A-[1927?]
Language	en
Repository	American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital Publisher	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Digital ID	am013008
Digital Format	image/tif; image/jp2
Date.Digitized	2012
Digital Collection	American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

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