Subject: United States - Northwestern
Period: 1838 (dated)
Publication: Report of the Senate select committee on the occupation of the Oregon Country
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20 x 17.5 inches
50.8 x 44.5 cm
This map accompanied an important report intended to awaken public interest in the American occupation of Oregon Territory in the controversy with Great Britain, who also claimed the territory down to the Columbia River. The Northern Boundary of 1818 and the Southern Boundary of 1819 are both prominently delineated. Among the many interesting details are the locations of the various trading posts or forts connected with the northwestern fur trade, both American and British. The map covers present day Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. The region west of the Rocky Mountains is named Mandan District. It also shows much of southwestern Canada.
References: Claussen & Friis #221; Hayes #197; Wheat (TMW) #434.
Condition: B
Light scattered foxing and tissue repairs on a couple of folds. Pleasant later color.