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Title: Map of the country embracing the route of the expedition of 1823 commanded by Major S.H. Long

Contributors:

Dates

  • Issued: 1825
  • Coverage: 1825
  • Coverage: 1825 to 1825

Publishers

  • G.B. Whittaker

Summary

Extent: 1 map

Abstract: Map of the Great Lakes and Rainy River regions and the valleys of the Minnesota River and Red River of the North, showing the route of the 1823 expedition of Stephen Harriman Long. Includes descriptive notes, and indicates the dates and locations where the expedition stopped. Indicates settlements, forts, and Native American tribal regions. The route of the expedition is shown in red.

Notes: Relief shown by hachures.

Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.

From: Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River : Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c., performed in the year 1823, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Stephen H. Long, U.S.T.E. : compiled from the notes of Major Long, Messrs. Say, Keating, & Colhoun by William H. Keating. London : G.B. Whittaker, 1825.

Scale approximately 1:3,000,000

Subjects

  • Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.)
  • Minnesota River Valley
  • Red River Valley (Minnesota and North Dakota and Manitoba)
  • Great Lakes Region (North America)
  • North America
  • Great Lakes Region
  • Minnesota River Valley (S.D. and Minn.)
  • United States
  • Indians of North America
  • Discovery and exploration
  • Travel
  • Maps

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-101.0,-76.0,52.0,38.0)

Provider

Michigan State University

Rights

  • Access rights: Public
  • Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0: This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Citation

Penny, R. (Engraver), Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman), 1784-1864, Whittaker, George Byrom, 1793-1847, Keating, William Hypolitus, 1799-1840. Map of the country embracing the route of the expedition of 1823 commanded by Major S.H. Long. G.B. Whittaker. https://d.lib.msu.edu/maps/49

Format

Mixed

Languages

  • eng