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Map [Bend of the Missouri River].

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Title

  • [Bend of the Missouri River].

Created / Published

  • [1798]

Headings

  • -  Missouri River--Maps
  • -  United States--Missouri River

Genre

  • Manuscript maps

Notes

  • -  Pen-and-ink.
  • -  Annotated in pencil: Bend of the Missouri, Long. 101 25ʺ-Lat. 47 32ʺ by Mr. Thomson, astronmer to the N.W. Company in 1798.
  • -  On verso: A sketch of the north bend of the Missourie River.
  • -  Gives number of warriors, houses and tents of six Mandan and Pawnee Indian villages in the vicinity of the junction of the Missouri and Knife Rivers.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map : ms. ; 42 x 50 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4127.M5 1798 .B4

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98687182

Online Format

  • image

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