Newberry Library - Copy of a map presented to the Congres sic

Title Copy of a map presented to the Congres sic

Date 1850

Subjects Indians of North America, Manuscript maps

Description Tracing by Pierre Margry made ca. 1850 of 1785 ms. copy by St. John de Crevecoeur of original map by Peter Pond; traced from map in the Service Hydrographique (Paris).
"This extraordinary man [i.e. Peter Pond] has resided 17 years in those countries & from his own discoveries as well as from the reports of Indians, he assures himself of having at last discovered a passage to the N O. Sea. He is gone again to ascertain some important observations. New York, 1 March 1785. The original map being incumbered with great deal of writing, I have thought it best to transcribe it separately with the references marked by y numbers. Copied by St. John de Crevecoeur for his grace of La Rochefoucault."
Additional ms. copies of Pond's map (original not extant) held by Hudson's Bay Company archives (cf. Winsor), the Library of Congress Kohl collection, the British Musuem Crown collection, and the Ministere des affaires etrangeres (Paris). Cf. Wagner, Henry R. Peter Pond (New Haven: Yale University Library, 1955) p. 26-29; Winsor, Justin. The Kohl collection (now in the Library of Congress) (Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1904) p. 74 no. 137; Hulbert, A.B. The Crown Collection of photographs of American maps (Cleveland: A.H. Clark Co., 1907-1926) ser. 1 vol. 5 no. 5; British Museum. Dept. of Manuscripts. Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans...in the British Museum (London, British Musuem, 1844-61) v. 3, p. 507, Add. 15,332 c,d,e. British Musuem copies accompanied by a ms. memoir containing descriptive "references" mentioned in the map legend.
Mountains shown pictorially.
Pen-and-ink and pencil on tracing paper

Summary Outlines much of North America, but significant for detailing the Canadian Northwest, especially the Churchill, Slave, and Mackenzie River systems leading to the Arctic; identifies rivers, lakes, trading posts, forts, villages, and Indian tribal regions.

Extent 1 ms. map ; 539 x 722 mm

Format Maps

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Pierre Margry Manuscript Map Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS map 248

BibID 131184

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 10545px × 7983px 240.87 MB

File Created 09/30/2016

Filename 991311848805867_ayer_ms_map_248.tif

Unique Identifier NL11HZX7

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