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Map of the Oregon Territory : from the best authorities, (1849)

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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.

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