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"A Map of America between the Latitudes 40 and 70, and Longitudes 45 and 180 West: Exhibiting Mackenzie's Track from Montreal to Fort Chipewyan, & from thence to the North Sea in 1789, & to the West Pacific Ocean in 1793"
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| Title | "A Map of America between the Latitudes 40 and 70, and Longitudes 45 and 180 West: Exhibiting Mackenzie's Track from Montreal to Fort Chipewyan, & from thence to the North Sea in 1789, & to the West Pacific Ocean in 1793" |
| Accession ID number | 1918.15.8.1 |
| View map image | http://stories.washingtonhistory.org/assets/maps/1918.15.8.1.djvu
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| Object Type | map |
| Creator | Alexander Mackenzie; London, England |
| Date | October 15, 1801 |
| Rights | Property of the Washington State Historical Society – All Rights Reserved |
| Full Description | Map of the Northern Latitudes of North America, including portions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and depicting the area from the Great Lakes and Cape Blanco, California to the North Sea (Arctic Circle), published in 1801. The map shows the 1789 and 1793 exploration routes of Alexander Mackenzie, which are outlined in red and yellow. The map shows the Northwest Coast of Washington and British Columbia in considerable detail. Labeled features include: Pugets Sound, Tacourche Tesse or Columbia River, C. Flattery, and supposed Strait of Juan de Fuca. The map is bound into the following volume: "Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Lawrence through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in the years 1789 and 1793, " published by Alexander Mackenzie in 1801. |
| Subject | Canada; North America; Alexander Mackenzie; explorer; Arctic Ocean; Pacific Northwest; map, early; Pacific Coast; Columbia River; Puget Sound; Hudson's Bay; Cape Flattery; Vancouver Island; Strait of Juan de Fuca; Great Lakes; Bering Strait; Great Britain; North Pacific Ocean |
| Electronic Publisher | Washington State Historical Society |
| Source | The map is bound into the following volume: "Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Lawrence through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in the years 1789 and 1793", by Alexander Mackenzie, 1801. Measurements and description are based upon the unfolded and bound map. |
| Description | paper; ink; color |
| Dimension | height: 22.75 inches; width: 32 inches |
| File Characteristics | Digital image taken with a Better Light Camera Model Super 8K and Scan Back with adjustments made in Adobe CS3. |
| Call Number | 979.511 M199v |
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