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1 map: 42 x 39 cm. Scale: 2 inches = 45 miles. Captain Benjamin Bonneville, on leave from the U.S. Army, took a four year expedition, from 1832 to 1836, into the American west. They traveled parallel to the course of the Snake and the…

1 watercolor view: col., 28 x 35 cm. Oregon City was first settled in 1829. Dr. John McLoughlin is generally credited as the town's founding father, having constructed an early lumber mill there. Oregon City was an early capitol of the…

1 map: 10 x 18 cm. In the end of October in 1805 the Lewis & Clark expedition reached the Schutes of the Columbia, in the area today known as Cascade Locks. The expedition was forced to portage around these falls on November 1st, and again on…

1 watercolor view: col., 20 x 31 cm. This portrays Astoria, Oregon, during the year 1845. Astoria was first settled in 1811, when members of the Pacific Fur Company established a Fort and a trading post there. In 1813, after the War of 1812, the…

1 map: 10 x 18 cm. The Lewis & Clark expedition reached the mouth of the Columbia River in November, 1805. After a several week delay due to inclement weather, the expedition mapped the area thoroughly before choosing to spend the winter a short…

1 map: 43 x 41 cm. Scale: 1 inch = 50 miles. Captain Benjamin Bonneville, on leave from the U.S. Army, took a four year expedition, from 1832 to 1836, into the American west. They traveled parallel to the course of the Snake and the Columbia,…

1 map: 15 x 22 cm. Scale: 1 inch = 7 miles. A handwritten note by the author is in red pencil on the left. W.C. Brown was a second Lieutenant in the U.S. Cavalry during the Indian Wars of the late 1870s. These maps come from a book by him,…

1 map: 29 x 22 cm. Scale: 1 inch = 15 miles. Trails and marches of campaign drawn on map. W.C. Brown was a second Lieutenant in the U.S. Cavalry during the Indian Wars of the late 1870s. These maps come from a book by him, published in 1926…

1 map: 29 x 67 cm.Though the Lewis and Clark expedition occurred during the years 1804 to 1806, Clark's journal was not published until 1814. This map comes from the first British printing of that journal, occurring in that same year, 1814.

1 map: hand col., 48 x 58 cm. The Hudson's Bay Company had grown from being a small fur company to a powerful monopoly which held exclusive trade rights throughout western Canada. This maps comes from a British Parliamentary Committee report…

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…

1 map: 24 x 18 cm. Inset: Vallee de la Firehole. Groupe de geysers du bassin superieur.

1 map: hand col., 43 x 61 cm. On sheet 45 x 70 cm. Map numbered at the top left-no. 92, and on top right-no.93. On verso, information sheets Afghanistan.-Arabia, or Arabistan and General Account of Asia. …

1 map: col., 54 x 71 cm.By Department of the Interior, General Land Office, Hon. S.M. Stockslager-Commissioner. Compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources under the supervision…

1 map: hand col., 52 x 38 cm. Scale: 1.5 inches = 40 miles. Longitude west from Greenwich at top. Longitude west from Washington at bottom.

1 blueprint map; 71 x 38 cm.Compiled by W.J. Roberts-Civil Engineer and John F. Fuller-Draughtsman. Section traversed by L.W. & P. Co. pole-line. Scale 1.5 inch = 1 mile.

1 map: hand col., 45 x 68 cm. Compiled and drawn from United States Surveys; published by C.H. Fenner-County Surveyor, 1890. "Scale 1 mile to half inch" Wagon roads are shown by red lines. Railroads in…

1 map; col., 33 x 41 cm."Entered in Sta. Hall, London. ... & according to act of Congress in the year 1857 by H.D. Rogers. in the clerks office of the District Court of Massachusetts""Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh""Scale 1 /…

1 map: col., 75 x 105 cm.

1 map: hand col., 29 x 43 cm.Scale: 1.5 inches = 40 miles.Longitude west from Greenwich at top. Longitude west from Washington at bottom."Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by A.J. Johnson in the Clerks Office of the District…

1 map: col., 60 x 96 cm."To be opened to entry September 5, 1916 under President's Proclamation dated May 3, 1916. Act as of March 22, 1906 (34 Stat., 80)"Colored and or hachured areas indicate, variously: "Subject to entry. Not designated under…

1 map: hand col., 79 x 119 cm."Scale, 24 Statute Miles to an Inch"Longitude west from Washington at bottom. Longitude west from Greenwich at top.

1 map: hand col., 44 x 64 cm.On verso, printed information on Turkey in Europe, pgs. 91 and 92."Scale 1 / 2,090,880 of nature. Statute miles 33 to 1 inch."Longitude west from Washington at bottom. Longitude west from Greenwich at top.

1 map; 67 x 33 cm.Scale 1 inch = 3 miles.Surveyed Lines, unsurveyed section lines, unsurveyed township lines, wagon roads, trails, indian allotments and mining camps all indicated on map. There are a variety of pencilled-in notes on a second…

1 map: hand col., 38 x 30 cm.Longitude west from Washington at bottom. Longitude west from Greenwich at top.Capitals of Territories; Cities, Towns, and Villages; Military and Trading Posts all indicated by various symbols. Routes of Pacific Railroad…

1 map: col., 48 x 65 cm."Relative importance of places indicated by size." State capitals and county seats identified by symbols."Rand, McNally, & Co.'s New Business Atlas Map of Washington"At top: "Issued by Bureau of Statistics and Immigration,…

1 map: 119 x 83 cm."Scale 2 miles to 1 inch. Contours 200 feet vertical interval."The Northern Transcontinental survey was created by the Northern Pacific Railroad in the 1880s. Geologists and topographers were employed to map out areas on and near…

1 bird's eye map: 33 x 51 cm.Map shows railroads, both completed and prosepective, canals, and roadways. Legh Freeman (this map's publisher) was a frontier newsman best known for coming up with the idea of a railroad newspaper, one that would serve…

1 map: hand col., 51 x 37 cm.Scale: 1.5 inches = 40 miles. Longitude west from Greenwich at top. Longitude west from Washington at bottom.

1 map: col., 62 x 55 cm. Lines under construction and proposed lines indicated on map. "The Northwest presents the greatest opportunities for settlers of any portion of "Uncle Sam's" domain. For grains, grasses, fruit, live stock and minerals…