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Map of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, (1866)

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Title Map of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, (1866)
Identifier http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu69 WSU 69 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,250
Creator Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868.
Date 1866 2000 - 2002
Publisher [Philadelphia: Mitchell, S. Augustus]
Description 1 map: col., 28 x 22 cm. When S. Augustus Mitchell retired around 1860, he left the business in charge of his competent son, S. Augustus Jr. His son continued with his father's high standards, and while most American publishers were switching to the cheaper process of wax engraving, Mitchell retained the use of hand engravings transferred onto lithographic stone. He also kept the tradition of hand colored washes for the maps. In this map, the border of Washington territory is hand washed in...
Subject Oregon--Maps; Washington (State)--Maps; Washington Territory; Idaho Territory; Montana--Territory
Type Maps
Coverage Oregon; Washington (State); Idaho; Montana
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 1.4 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
Language English

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