Map of Columbia River from its mouth to Fort Vancouver at 17 measures of 10,000 meters from the sea. <br>Carte du Rio Colombia depuis son embouchure jusqu'au Fort Vancouver a 17 Myriametres de la mer, (1844)

Map of Columbia River from its mouth to Fort Vancouver at 17 measures of 10,000 meters from the sea. <br>Carte du Rio Colombia depuis son embouchure jusqu'au Fort Vancouver a 17 Myriametres de la mer, (1844)

Washington (State)--Rivers--Maps<br>Columbia River--Maps

1 map : col. ; 23 x 41 cm. <br>From: Exploration du territoire de l'Oregon, des Californies et de la mer Vermeille, executee pendant les annees 1840, 1841 et 1842, par M. Duflot de Mofras, [Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1844] Plate no. 18<br>Vice Consul for France in the early 1840s, M. Eugene Duflot de Mofras investigated California and the Pacific Coast for his country. France was still interested in the area, and it was Duflot de Mofras' job to report the possibility of setting up a post in the region. During his journeys he traveled through California (Monterrey, San Diego, the Ross Settlement and others) as well as Fort Vancouver and the Columbia River. This steel-engraved, hand-colored map, drawn for his two volume report, charts the course of the Columbia River. Duflot de Mofras was influential in the idea that the Columbia River was not suitable for an ocean port. In fact, he described the sand bar near Cape Disappointment as a "hideous spectacle...with foam cloaking the horizon far out at sea as if to form an insurmountable barrier to ships entering or leaving the river." <br>

Duflot de Mofras, Eugene, 1810-1884.

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[Paris : Arthus Bertrand, 1844]

1844

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WSU 132<br>G4242.C62 1844 .D83

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