Record Details
Map of Oregon Territory by Samuel Parker (1838)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Map of Oregon Territory by Samuel Parker (1838) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu525 wsu 525; F880 .P22 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,668 |
| Creator | Parker, Samuel, 1779-1866. |
| Date | 1838 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Ithaca, N.Y., The author. |
| Description | 1 map; 33 x 59 cm. Scale: 1 inch = 80 miles. In 1834, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions appointed Rev. Samuel Parker to go to the Oregon Territory and scout locations for missions there. Parker traveled overland to Oregon in 1835, and traveled as far north as Colville while locating sites for missions near Spokane, Lewiston, and Walla Walla. Eventually, he traveled to Fort Vancouver, and from their obtained free passage by ship to Hawaii, and after some delay there he... |
| Subject | Northwest, Pacific -- Description and travel -- Maps; Overland journeys to the Pacific.; Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States--Pacific Northwest |
| 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 1.5 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 found in Journal of an exploring tour beyond the Rocky mountains, under the direction of the A.B.C.F.M. performed in the years 1835, '36, and '37; containing a description of the geography, geology, climate, and productions; and the number, manners, and customs of the natives. With a map of Oregon territory. By Rev. Samuel Parker, A.M. |
