COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Map to illustrate the route of Prince Maximilian of Wied in ... North America.
Obj Height cm:
43
Obj Width cm:
81
Scale 1:
4,050,000
Note:
A restrike from the original plate. Originally thought to be drawn by Bodmer, current research suggests that the cartographer was Lt. Col. William Thorn who used Tanner's Map of the United States of America, 1837 edition, as a source. The first ed. was published in Germany in 1839. With outline color. Relief shown by hachures. Ornamental title cartouche. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
Reference:
Wheat 445; WC 76:1; cf Phillips Maps of America, p. 887 (1843 Paris ed.); Checklist of printed maps of the Middle West to 1900, 1-1530 (1843 London ed.)
Full Title:
Carte itineraire de Prince Maximilian de Wied dans l'interieur de l'Amerique Septentrionale de Boston a Missouri superieur &c. en 1832, 33 et 34. Reise Charte des Prinzen Maximilian zu Wied ... Map to illustrate the route of Prince Maximilian of Wied in the interior of North America from Boston to the Upper Missouri &c. in 1832, 33, & 34 ... (Printed from the original plate in 1993). (with) Great Falls of the Missouri. (with) Itaska Lake or Lac Labiche: the source of the, Der Ursprung des, Mississippi.
List No:
3830.000
Series No:
1
Pub Date:
1839
Pub Title:
Carte itineraire de Prince Maximilian de Wied dans l'interieur de l'Amerique Septentrionale de Boston a Missouri superieur &c. en 1832, 33 et 34. Reise Charte des Prinzen Maximilian zu Wied ... Map to illustrate the route of Prince Maximilian of Wied in the interior of North America from Boston to the Upper Missouri &c. in 1832, 33, & 34 ... (Printed from the original plate in 1993). (with) Great Falls of the Missouri. (with) Itaska Lake or Lac Labiche: the source of the, Der Ursprung des, Mississippi.
Pub Reference:
Wheat 445; WC 76:1; cf Phillips Maps of America, p. 887 (1843 Paris ed.); Checklist of printed maps of the Middle West to 1900, 1-1530 (1843 London ed.)
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
3830.000
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
43
Pub Width cm:
81
Image No:
3830000
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
Editions Alecto (Bodmer) Limited
Type:
Separate Map
Country:
United States
Region:
Itaska, Lake (Minn.)
Region:
Missouri River
Publication Author:
Bodmer, Karl
Publication Author:
Maximilian of Wied
Publication Author:
Thorn, William
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Author:
Bodmer, Karl
Author:
Maximilian of Wied
Author:
Thorn, William
Date:
1839
Map to illustrate the route of Prince Maximilian of Wied in ... North America.
