Record Details
Oregon Territory, 1846
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Oregon Territory, 1846 |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu325 WSU 325; F880 .S642 c.2 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,544 |
| Creator | Smet, Pierre-Jean de, 1801-1873. |
| Date | 1847 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | New York, E. Dunigan |
| Description | 1 map : 22 x 26 cm. folded to 15 x 10 cm. Map indicates the travels of Pierre-Jean de Smet around the Northwest with Missions indicated. "Longitude West from Greenwich." Father Pierre Jean De Smet came to the northwest in 1840, as a "black robe" missionary to the Flathead Indians. With them, he traveled through Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana until 1841, when he was appointed Superior of the Oregon Missions. He remained at that post until 1846, after which he returned east. This is... |
| Subject | Indians of North America -- Missions -- Maps.; Missions -- Oregon -- Maps. |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States -- Oregon Territory; United States--Washington (State) |
| 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 |
| Relation | Is part of Oregon missions and travels over the Rocky mountains, in 1845-46. By Father P.J. De Smet. |
