Map of Missouri River and vicinity from Saint Charles, Missouri, to Mandan villages of North Dakota : used by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in their 1804 expedition up Missouri River

Finiels, Nicolas de

Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809

Clark, William, 1770-1838

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Mackay, James, 1761-1822

Evans, John, 1770-1799

[1798]

Not drawn to scale

English; French

Library of Congress Geography and Map Division

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• Missouri River Watershed--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• Missouri River
• North and Central America
• United States

1 map : ms. ; 76 x 99 cm., on sheet 81 x 101 cm.

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• Date from accompanying text.
• Relief shown by symbols for "Black Mountains" or Black Hills.
• Based on surveys up to the Mandan-Hidatsa villages by James Mackay and John Evans.
• Longitudinal errors, at least in part, account for map not being drawn to scale.
• Prime meridian: Paris [?].
• Pen-and-ink. Some pen-and-ink annotations made after 1798.
• Map backed with Japanese tissue paper.
• Accompanied by photocopy of text on mapping of de Finiels: Missouri Historical Review, vol. 81, no. 4, July 1987, p. 387-402.
• On verso written in pen-and-ink by William Henry Harrison but unsigned: For Captn. William Clark or Captn. Meriwether Lewis on their voyage up the Mississippi.
• Also on verso written in pen-and-ink: Mr. Peter Tabeau at the Ricraries.
• Imperfect: Stains, darkening, tears, creases, and small pieces missing.
• Some place names in both English and French.