Record Details
Map of the Oregon Territory (1841)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Map of the Oregon Territory (1841) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=uw071 <br>WSU version: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu530 wsu 530; Q115 .W66 1845 v. 4; uw71; G4240 1841 .W5 19-- http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,93 |
| Creator | Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877 |
| Date | 1841 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Survey |
| Description | 1 map ; 57 x 70 cm., on sheet 63 x 92 cm. Relief shown by hachures. Inset: Columbia River, reduced from a survey / made by the U.S. Ex. Ex., 1841. -- Scale ca. 1:700,000. Scale ca. 1:3,500,000 In 1836, Congress approved the sum of $300,000 for a purely scientific exploratory expedition. The expedition, headed by Charles Wilkes, left in 1838 and returned in 1842. The scientific expedition visited at least cursorily most every non-civilized coastal area in the world, including... |
| Subject | Northwest, Pacific -- Maps; Columbia River -- Maps; West (U.S.) -- Maps |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | Pacific Northwest; Columbia River |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.5 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries. image/jpeg |
| Contributor | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections; University of Washington Libraries Map Collection |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Is found in Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. By Charles Wilkes ... With illustrations and maps. In five volumes ... |
