COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Country drained by the Mississippi Eastern Section.
Obj Height cm:
42
Obj Width cm:
28
Scale 1:
4,752,000
Note:
A large uncolored map stretching from Mississippi to Lake Superior. An inset box at top right includes a series of explanations to the symbols on the map.
Reference:
WC25:1, Howes J41.
Full Title:
Country drained by the Mississippi Eastern Section. (with) Country of the Mississippi. (with) Profile or Vertical Section of the Country on the Parallel of Latitude 38 degrees North. Drawn by S.H. Long Maj. T. Engineers. Engrav'd by Young & Delleker. For the Expedition to the Rocky Mountains Vol. I.
List No:
0343.001
Series No:
4
Pub Date:
1823
Pub Title:
Account of An Expedition From Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819 and 1820...Under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. From the Notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and Other Gentlemen of the Exploring Party. Compiled by Edwin James ... In Two Volumes. - With An Atlas. Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, Chestnut St. 1823. (with) Account of An Expedition From Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819 and 1820 ... Maps and Plates. Philadelphia: H.C. Carey and I. Lea, Chesnut Street. 1822.
Pub Reference:
WC25:1, Howes J41.
Pub Note:
Long's map of the great plains and the rivers draining east from the Rocky Mountains was the best depiction done at that time and was used by other map makers (see Carey and Lea atlas). Maps bound separately. Atlas vol is dated 1822, text vols 1823, all as originally issued (see Howes). Both text volumes bound in leather with "Long's First Expedition" and volume number in gilt on spines. Atlas volume rebound with quarter leather and cloth covered boards. Two large maps entitled: "Country drained by the Mississippi Eastern Section" and "...Western Section."
Pub List No:
0343.000
Pub Maps:
4
Pub Height cm:
31
Pub Width cm:
24
Image No:
0343001
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 1998
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Publisher:
Carey and Lea
Type:
Book Map
State/Province:
U.S. Mid West
Engraver or Printer:
Long, S.H.
Engraver or Printer:
Young & Delleker
Publication Author:
James, Edwin
Publication Author:
Long, Stephen H.
Pub Type:
Exploration Book
Author:
James, Edwin
Author:
Long, Stephen H.
Date:
1823
Country drained by the Mississippi Eastern Section.
