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Map Map of the route passed over by an expedition into the Indian country in 1832 to the source of the Mississippi

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Title

  • Map of the route passed over by an expedition into the Indian country in 1832 to the source of the Mississippi

Names

  • Drayton, Lieut.
  • Allen, James, 1806-1846.
  • United States. War Department.

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.? : U.S. War Dept., 1832?]

Headings

  • -  Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe,--1793-1864
  • -  Minnesota--Discovery and exploration--Maps
  • -  Indians of North America--Minnesota--Maps
  • -  Itasca, Lake (Minn.)--Discovery and exploration--Maps
  • -  Mississippi River--Discovery and exploration--Maps
  • -  United States--Minnesota
  • -  United States--Minnesota--Itasca, Lake
  • -  United States--Mississippi River

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Bar scale incorrect.
  • -  Note in manuscript ink on paper affixed to verso: "To accompany the claim of H.R. Schoolcraft. The country coloured green lies west & north of the [Michigan superintendance?]."
  • -  Additional note in manuscript ink, in a different hand and on different paper, affixed to verso: "Sub-[illegible]. 'K'."
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined, minor losses along folds, minor staining at upper and lower left and horizontally along center fold, mounted on cloth, edged with cloth tape,.

Medium

  • 1 map : hand col. ; 40 x 48 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4141.S12 1832 .D7

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2007626879

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Drayton, Lieut, James Allen, and United States War Department. Map of the route passed over by an expedition into the Indian country into the source of the Mississippi. [Washington, D.C.?: U.S. War Dept., ?, 1832] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2007626879/.

APA citation style:

Drayton, L., Allen, J. & United States War Department. (1832) Map of the route passed over by an expedition into the Indian country into the source of the Mississippi. [Washington, D.C.?: U.S. War Dept., ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2007626879/.

MLA citation style:

Drayton, Lieut, James Allen, and United States War Department. Map of the route passed over by an expedition into the Indian country into the source of the Mississippi. [Washington, D.C.?: U.S. War Dept., ?, 1832] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2007626879/>.