Newberry Library - A map of Lewis and Clark's track across the western portion of North America from the Misissippi sic to the Pacific Ocean

Title A map of Lewis and Clark's track across the western portion of North America from the Misissippi sic to the Pacific Ocean

Creator Clark, William, 1770-1838

Date Created 1811

Place West (U.S.)

Subjects Lewis and Clark Expedition

Description Manuscript copy, reduced, of William Clark's 1806-1811 manuscript map in the William Robertson Coe Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University (Lewis and Clark Expedition maps and receipt, ca. 1803-1810, WA MSS 303-304)
Possibly prepared by George Shannon, a private in the Corps of Discovery, who was working in Philadelphia with Nicholas Biddle, the editor of the Journals (see Letter 343, Nicholas Biddle to Clark, Phila. July 8, 1811, in Donald Jackson, Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Urbana, 1962), p. 569).
Possibly used to guide the engraver Samuel Lewis for the printed version: History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the Missouri. Philadelphia : Published by Bradford and Inskeep ..., 1814.
Drawn in sepia ink, with some red and blue highlighting and outlining, captioned in dark brown ink, the whole framed in yellow wash.

Biographical/Historical Note [Biographical / Historical Note Long]

Extent 1 map : ms., col. ; 28.5 x 69 cm, in box 39 x 85 x 4 cm

Format Manuscript maps, Maps

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number G4050 1811 .C5

BibID 820442

IIIF Resource Type Manifest

IIIF Resource ID https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8ZSQESDQA

Original File Name 998204428805867_map_9c_g4050_1811_c5.tif

Unique identifier NL11IYRN

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