| Creator | Finiels, Nicolas de |
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| Contributor | Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 |
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| Contributor | Clark, William, 1770-1838 |
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| Contributor | Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841 |
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| Contributor | Mackay, James, 1761-1822 |
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| Contributor | Evans, John, 1770-1799 |
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| Date | [1798] |
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| Scale | Not drawn to scale |
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| Language | English; French |
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| Location | Library of Congress Geography and Map Division |
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| Collection (local) | Library of Congress Collection |
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| Subjects | - Missouri River Watershed--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Missouri River
- North and Central America
- United States
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| Extent | 1 map : ms. ; 76 x 99 cm., on sheet 81 x 101 cm. |
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| Terms and License | - No known copyright restrictions.
- This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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| Notes | - Date from accompanying text.
- Relief shown by symbols for "Black Mountains" or Black Hills.
- Based on surveys up to the Mandan-Hidatsa villages by James Mackay and John Evans.
- Longitudinal errors, at least in part, account for map not being drawn to scale.
- Prime meridian: Paris [?].
- Pen-and-ink. Some pen-and-ink annotations made after 1798.
- Map backed with Japanese tissue paper.
- Accompanied by photocopy of text on mapping of de Finiels: Missouri Historical Review, vol. 81, no. 4, July 1987, p. 387-402.
- On verso written in pen-and-ink by William Henry Harrison but unsigned: For Captn. William Clark or Captn. Meriwether Lewis on their voyage up the Mississippi.
- Also on verso written in pen-and-ink: Mr. Peter Tabeau at the Ricraries.
- Imperfect: Stains, darkening, tears, creases, and small pieces missing.
- Some place names in both English and French.
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