A map of part of the continent of North America, from longitude [5°?] W. of Washington City to the Pacific and between latitude 35 and 52 North. Compiled from the information of the best informed travellers through that quarter of the globe in which the Missouri Jefferson's Lewis's & the upper part of Clark's river and the lower part of the Columbia river is partially corrected by celestial observations from the junction of the Missouri and Mississippi to the entrance of the Columbia into the Pacific Ocean ... Shewing Lewis & Clark's rout over the Rocky Mountains in 1805 on their rout to the Pacific from the United States. By William Clark.

Author
Clark, William, 1770-1838 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
[New Haven, Conn.] [Yale University Library], 1950.
Description
  • color map on 4 sheets. 74 x 131 cm, sheets 43 x 73 cm and 43 x 71 cm
  • Scale [1:3,168,000]; 50 miles to the inch.

Details

Subject(s)
Related name
Library of Congress genre(s)
Getty AAT genre
Notes
  • Covers western North America, from Lake Michigan and Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean, including southern Canada and northern Mexico.
  • Relief shown pictorially.
  • "Facsimile of the original manuscript map in the William Robertson Coe Collection of Western Americana, Yale University Library."--Lower left corner of southwestern sheet. The original map was drawn in 1810.
  • "Reproduced in Full-Tone Collotype by The Meriden Gravure Company"--Lower right corner of southeastern sheet.
Scale
Scale [1:3,168,000]; 50 miles to the inch.
OCLC
16817357
Statement on responsible collection description
Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...
Other views
Staff view