[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].

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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].

Finiels, Nicolas de.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1798]

NOTES
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.

Not drawn to scale.

SUBJECTS
Missouri River Watershed--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
Lewis and Clark Expedition--(1804-1806)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
United States--Missouri River Watershed.

MEDIUM
1 map : ms. ; 76 x 99 cm., on sheet 81 x 101 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G4127.M5 1798 .F5 Vault Oversize

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

DIGITAL ID
g4127m ct000583 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4127m.ct000583

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