A Map of the Sources of the Colorado & Big Salt Lake, Platte, Yellow-stone, Muscle-Shell, Missouri; & Salmon & Snake Rivers, Branches of the Columbia River. (1837)

Files

http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/maps/image/440.jpg

Title

A Map of the Sources of the Colorado & Big Salt Lake, Platte, Yellow-stone, Muscle-Shell, Missouri; & Salmon & Snake Rivers, Branches of the Columbia River. (1837)

Subject

West (U.S.) -- Description and travel -- Maps

Description

1 map: 42 x 39 cm. <br>Scale: 2 inches = 45 miles. <br>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, and though they did reach Fort Walla Walla, they never managed to reach as far as Fort Vancouver or the Willamette Valley before turning back into modern day Idaho. From there, they turned south, and headed down into California (then part of Mexico).

Creator

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.

Source

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, WSU Libraries

Publisher

Philadelphia, Carey, Lea, & Blanchard

Date

1837

Contributor

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Rights

Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691

Relation

Is found in The Rocky mountains: or, Scenes, incidents, and adventures in the far West; digested from the journal of Captain B.L.E. Bonneville ... and illustrated from various other sources

Format

image/jpeg

Language

English

Type

Maps

Identifier

wsu 556<br>F592 .I708 v. 1

Coverage

United States -- West

Citation

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859., “A Map of the Sources of the Colorado & Big Salt Lake, Platte, Yellow-stone, Muscle-Shell, Missouri; & Salmon & Snake Rivers, Branches of the Columbia River. (1837),” Digital Exhibits, accessed December 27, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.libraries.wsu.edu/items/show/2044.