Record Details
Great Falls of Columbia River. (1814)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Great Falls of Columbia River. (1814) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu563 wsu 563; F592.4 1814 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,706 |
| Creator | Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809. |
| Date | 1814 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown ... |
| Description | 1 map: 10 x 18 cm. The Lewis and Clark expedition arrived at the Great Falls of the Columbia in late October, 1805. They were forced to portage around these rapids to continue on downriver, and again on their return upriver in the following spring. These falls were also known as Celilo Falls. They were drowned in 1957 with the construction of The Dalles Dam. |
| Subject | Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806);; ;; ;; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel -- Maps |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States -- Columbia River |
| 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 Is found in Travels to the source of the Missouri River and across the American continent to the Pacific Ocean : performed by order of the government of the United States, in the years 1804,. 1805, and 1806 / by Captains Lewis and Clarke. ; Published from the official report, and illustrated by a map of the route, and other maps. |
