List of Illustrations
Preface
Index Maps
Introduction
Chapter 1: On the Line: Field Surveys
Chapter 2: The Boundary Office: Mapmaking
Chapter 3: Consultation between the Commissions: Surveys on the Pacific and Gulf Coasts and the Colorado River
Chapter 4: Cooperation in Surveying and Mapping: The Land Boundary
Chapter 5: Controversy on the Boundary: Surveys of the Rio Grande
Chapter 6: Authoritative Maps and the True Line
Appendix: Map Authorities
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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Documents the accomplishments of both the U.S. and the Mexican Boundary Commissions that mapped the boundary between 1849 and 1857

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Paula Rebert is an independent scholar with a Ph.D. in the History of Cartography from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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