Map of Missouri River and vicinity from Saint Charles, Missouri, to Mandan villages of North Dakota - used by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in their 1804 expedition up Missouri River.
Date from accompanying text. Relief shown by symbols for "Black Mountains" or Black Hills. Some place names in both English and French. Based on surveys up to the Mandan-Hidatsa villages by James Mackay and John Evans. Longitudinal errors, at least in part, account for map not being drawn to scale. Prime meridian: Paris ?. Pen-and-ink. Some pen-and-ink annotations made after 1798. Map backed with Japanese tissue paper. Accompanied by photocopy of text on mapping of de Finiels: Missouri Historical Review, vol. 81, no. 4, July 1987, p. 387-402. On verso written in pen-and-ink by William Henry Harrison but unsigned: For Captn. William Clark or Captn. Meriwether Lewis on their voyage up the Mississippi. Also on verso written in pen-and-ink: Mr. Peter Tabeau at the Ricraries. Imperfect: Stains, darkening, tears, creases, and small pieces missing.
- Date
- 1798
- Mapmaker / publisher
- Finiels, Nicolas De.; Lewis, Meriwether; Clark, William; Harrison, William Henry; Mackay, James; Evans, John
- Place
- the United States
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 12,053 × 9,835 pixels
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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.
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"Map of Missouri River and vicinity from Saint Charles, Missouri, to Mandan villages of North Dakota - used by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in their 1804 expedition up Missouri River." (1798). Finiels, Nicolas De.; Lewis, Meriwether; Clark, William; Harrison, William Henry; Mackay, James; Evans, John. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Missouri_River_and_vicinity_from_Saint_Charles,_Missouri,_to_Mandan_villages_of_North_Dakota_-_used_by_Meriwether_Lewis_and_William_Clark_in_their_1804_expedition_up_Missouri_River._LOC_2002621122.jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 16091.
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