Honors 3900

Maps and journals used by Lewis and Clark
Resources:

Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz (1695?-1775), "A Map of Louisiana, with the course of the Mississippi, in The History of Louisiana, or of the western parts of Virginia and Carolina. London, 1763

Aaron Arrowsmith,  "Map Exhibiting All the New Discoveries in the Interior Parts of North America," dated January 1, 1795

amrmap.jpg (80276 bytes)A Map of America between 40 and 70 North, and Longitudes 45 and 180 West, exhibiting Alexander Mackenzie's Track from Montreal to Fort Chipewyan and from there to the North Sea in 1789 (red) and to the West Pacific Ocean in 1793 (yellow)

David Thompson Map-National Geographic, May 1996 --From 1792 to 1812, David Thompson mapped the country west of Hudson Bay and Lake Superior, across the Rocky Mountains to the source of the Columbia River, and followed the length of the Columbia to the Pacific Ocean.

 George Vancouver (1758-1798), "A Chart Shewing Part of the Coast of N. W America . . ." from A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World. London: 1798

Samuel Lewis (ca.1753-1822).
"Louisiana" in Aaron Arrowsmith, New and Elegant General Atlas, Philadelphia: 1804.

Nicholas King map (ca. 1803) used by the Lewis and Clark expedition, with annotations by Meriwether Lewis, showing their route along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.Nicholas King map (ca. 1803) used by the Lewis and Clark expedition, with annotations by Meriwether Lewis, showing their route along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers