Record Details
Field | Value |
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Title | Map of the Oregon Territory : from the best authorities, (1849) |
Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu322 WSU 322; G4240 1849 .M37x http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,553 |
Date | 1849 2000 - 2002 |
Publisher | [Philadelphia : Lee and Blanchard], 1849. |
Description | 1 map ; 21 x 33 cm. Relief shown by hachures. Inset: Columbia River, reduced from a survey [scale ca. 1:2,000,000] made by the U.S. Ex. Ex., 1841. From: Western America Charles Wilkes. 1849. In lower right margin: Edwd. Yaeger Sc. This map is a direct refinement of Charles Wilkes' 1841 Map of the Oregon Territory (visible at http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu530 ). With a little patience you can begin to discover internal differences, mostly with... |
Subject | Northwest, Pacific -- Maps.; Canada, Western -- Maps.;; Oregon Territory -- Maps; Boundaries -- Washington Territory; Columbia River -- Maps |
Type | Maps |
Coverage | United States--Oregon; 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 Western America, including California and Oregon, with maps of those regions, and of the Sacramento Valley by Charles Wilkes. |