A map of the sources of the Colorado & Big Salt Lake, Platte, Yellow-Stone, Muscle-Shell, Missouri : & Salmon & Snake Rivers, branches of the Columbia River
Title
A map of the sources of the Colorado & Big Salt Lake, Platte, Yellow-Stone, Muscle-Shell, Missouri : & Salmon & Snake Rivers, branches of the Columbia River
Subject
West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration
Description
Captain Benjamin Bonneville, on leave from the U.S. Army, took a four year expedition, from 1832 to 1836, into the American west. This map is from his publicaiton on his exlorations. Relief indicated by hachures.
Creator
Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de, 1796-1878
Source
From: The Rocky Mountains : or, scenes, incidents, and adventures in the far west, digested from the journal of Captain B.L.E. Bonneville, of the Army of the United States, and illustrated from various other sources. Washington Irving. Philadelphia : Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1837.
Publisher
Carey, Lea, & Blanchard
Date
1837
Contributor
Stiles, S.
Rights
Identifier
B-865
Original Format
Map
Height (inches)
16.5
Width (inches)
15.35
Source
Montana Historical Society Research Center