Map of part of the continent of North America : whereon is laid down the Missouri, Jeffersons, Lewis's, Clarks, and the Columbia, Rivers, from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean, as corrected by the celestial observations of Messr. Lewis & Clark during their tours of discovery in 1805 / copied fro

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Map of part of the continent of North America : whereon is laid down the Missouri, Jeffersons, Lewis's, Clarks, and the Columbia, Rivers, from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean, as corrected by the celestial observations of Messr. Lewis & Clark during their tours of discovery in 1805 / copied from Lewis & Clarks map by N. King for the War Departmt. of U.S., between 1807 and 1808?.

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1 map on 28 sheets : col., mounted on linen ; 67 x 95 cm. on sheet 71 x 99 cm. folded to 19 x 15 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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