A map of part of the continent of North America : between the 35th and 51st degrees of north latitude, and extending from 89p0s degrees of west longitude to the Pacific Ocean / compiled from the authorities of the best informed travellers by M. Lewis ; copied by Nicholas King, 1805.

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A map of part of the continent of North America : between the 35th and 51st degrees of north latitude, and extending from 89⁰ degrees of west longitude to the Pacific Ocean / compiled from the authorities of the best informed travellers by M. Lewis ; copied by Nicholas King, 1805.

Clark, William, 1770-1838.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1805]

NOTES
Relief shown by shading.

Covers western North America, from Lake Michigan and Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean, including southern Canada and northern Mexico.

Pen-and-ink and watercolor.

Note from map folder: Map was copied from a sketch by William Clark, not one by Meriwether Lewis as indicated in the title.

Copy sectioned and mounted on cloth.

LC copy annotated on verso in pencil: Clothbacked & crepelined at Govt. Printing Office August 1934. Library, U.S. Dept. of State. North America, 1805. 38-2. Lewis' map of North Amer., 1805. North Amer. no. 9. 2-93-255.16.

Scale [1:3,168,000]. 50 miles = 1 in. (W 128⁰--W 82⁰/N 51⁰--N 32⁰).

SUBJECTS
North America--Maps, Manuscript.
West (U.S.)--Maps, Manuscript.
United States--West.
North America.

MEDIUM
1 map : ms. ; 77 x 110 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G3300 1805 .C5 Vault Oversize

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

DIGITAL ID
g3300 ct000586 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3300.ct000586

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