(Oregon Territory) Map of the United States Territory of Oregon West of the Rocky Mountains. Exhibiting the various Trading Depots or Forts occupied by the British Hudson Bay Company, connected with the Western and northwestern Fur Trade Author: Hood, Washington Place Published: Washington, D.C. Date Published: 1838 Description: Engraved map. 44x52 cm (17¼x20½"), plus margins. Important map which accompanied the Report of Senator Linn to authorize the President to occupy the Oregon Territory. Compiled at the time that the contest for an Oregon under joint occupancy of Britain and the U.S. was beginning to heat up, the map was certainly as accurate as any of its contemporaries. Drawn from Bonneville and other sources, the map is rich in detail, naming many forts and outposts, showing the route of Lewis and Clark, giving Great Salt Lake alternate names of Youba and Lake Bonneville, etc. Wheat Transmississippi 434. Condition: Old folds, left margin trimmed to facilitate folding into book; very good or better. Item#: 366540 Headline: Hood's map of Oregon Territory 1838
(Oregon Territory) Map of the United States Territory of Oregon West of the Rocky Mountains. Exhibiting the various Trading Depots or Forts occupied by the British Hudson Bay Company, connected with the Western and northwestern Fur Trade Author: Hood, Washington Place Published: Washington, D.C. Date Published: 1838 Description: Engraved map. 44x52 cm (17¼x20½"), plus margins. Important map which accompanied the Report of Senator Linn to authorize the President to occupy the Oregon Territory. Compiled at the time that the contest for an Oregon under joint occupancy of Britain and the U.S. was beginning to heat up, the map was certainly as accurate as any of its contemporaries. Drawn from Bonneville and other sources, the map is rich in detail, naming many forts and outposts, showing the route of Lewis and Clark, giving Great Salt Lake alternate names of Youba and Lake Bonneville, etc. Wheat Transmississippi 434. Condition: Old folds, left margin trimmed to facilitate folding into book; very good or better. Item#: 366540 Headline: Hood's map of Oregon Territory 1838
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