Map of Missouri River and vicinity from Saint Charles, Missouri, to Mandan villages of North Dakota : used by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in their 1804 expedition up Missouri River

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Map of Missouri River and vicinity from Saint Charles, Missouri, to Mandan villages of North Dakota
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Title:
Map of Missouri River and vicinity from Saint Charles, Missouri, to Mandan villages of North Dakota : used by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in their 1804 expedition up Missouri River
Creator:
Finiels, Nicolas de
Contributor:
Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
Contributor:
Clark, William, 1770-1838
Contributor:
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
Contributor:
Mackay, James, 1761-1822
Contributor:
Evans, John, 1770-1799
Date:
[1798]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Missouri River Watershed--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Missouri River
Extent:
1 map : ms. ; 76 x 99 cm., on sheet 81 x 101 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Scale:
Not drawn to scale
Language:
English
French
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/2002621122
Notes:
Date from accompanying text.
Relief shown by symbols for "Black Mountains" or Black Hills.
Based on surveys up to the Mandan-Hidatsa villages by James Mackay and John Evans.
Longitudinal errors, at least in part, account for map not being drawn to scale.
Prime meridian: Paris [?].
Pen-and-ink. Some pen-and-ink annotations made after 1798.
Map backed with Japanese tissue paper.
Accompanied by photocopy of text on mapping of de Finiels: Missouri Historical Review, vol. 81, no. 4, July 1987, p. 387-402.
On verso written in pen-and-ink by William Henry Harrison but unsigned: For Captn. William Clark or Captn. Meriwether Lewis on their voyage up the Mississippi.
Also on verso written in pen-and-ink: Mr. Peter Tabeau at the Ricraries.
Imperfect: Stains, darkening, tears, creases, and small pieces missing.
Some place names in both English and French.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
ct000583Z