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Map of the United States Territory of Oregon west of the Rocky Mountains : exhibiting the various trading depots or forts occupied by the British Hudson Bay Company, connected with the western and northwestern fur trade (1838)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Map of the United States Territory of Oregon west of the Rocky Mountains : exhibiting the various trading depots or forts occupied by the British Hudson Bay Company, connected with the western and northwestern fur trade (1838) |
| Identifier | Image of UW's version of the map at: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=uw119. Image of WSU's version of the map at: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu373 uwm119; G4240 1838 .H6; WSU 373 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,106 |
| Creator | Hood, Washington; Stansbury, M. H.; Stone, William James, 1798-1865; Abert, John James, 1788-1863; United States. Topographical Bureau; United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers |
| Date | 1838 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Topographical Engineers |
| Description | 1 map ; 43 x 50 cm. Relief shown by hachures. Includes notes. Scale ca. 1:1,000,000 (W 135°--W 100°/N 55°--N 35°) The U.S. Corps of Topographical Engineers (under whose aegis Washington Hood created this map) was created in 1838. The U.S had long employed civilian civil engineers for mapping and project-oriented purposes as part of a military Corps, similar to the Corps of Engineers, but it was decided that it would be less expensive to organize its own department under strict... |
| Subject | Northwest, Pacific -- Maps; Oregon Territory; Washington (State) -- Boundaries |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | Canada -- British Columbia; Canada -- Alberta; United States -- Washington (State); United States -- Oregon; United States -- Idaho; United States -- Montana; United States -- Wyoming |
| Rights | This image may be downloaded or reproduced for research and educational purposes without prior permission; please give credit to the University of Washington Libraries Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives Division. Any commercial use of this material is prohibited without prior permission from the University Libraries. Contact speccoll@u.washington.edu |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Contributor | University of Washington Libraries Map Collection |
| Language | English |
