Historico - Geographical Chart of the Upper Mississippi River, 1895

Item — map-case: 4, drawer: 8, map: 8.15

Identifier: 1500.026.4.8.15

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Scope and Contents

Black and white map of the Mississippi River north from Saint Anthony's Falls in Miineapolis, Minnesota. Map shows counties, military posts, towns, township grid, and tributaries noted in Zebulon Pike's expedition along the Upper Mississippi River. Includes notes and dates. Inset: "The Infant Mississippi or Cradled Hercules." Scale .

"...Compiled and drawn to accompany Pike's expeditions, under the direction of Dr. Elliott Coues by Daniel W. Cronin."

Scale is 9 miles to the inch (approximately 1:563,200).

Dates

Creation: 1895

Creator

Cronin, Daniel W. (Artist, Person)
Harper, Francis P. (Francis Perego), 1856-approximately 1932 (Copyright holder, Person)
Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899 (Project director, Person)

Access

This material is open for research use by any registered reader.

Extent

1 item : 1 map; black and white ; 67.6 x 41.7 cm

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

Deacidified 2002-06-17.

Separated Materials

Removed from F592 .P636 1895 v. 3, (New York, F. P. Harper, 1895) "A new ed., now first reprinted in full from the original of 1810, with copious critical commentary, memoir of Pike ... and complete index by Elliott Coues."