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Map Illustrating the Plan of the Defences of the Western…

Information About This Item

Creator

Hood, Washington, cartographer.
Poinsett, Joel Roberts,; 1779-1851.
Abert, John James,; 1788-1863.

Title

Map Illustrating the Plan of the Defences of the Western and North Western Frontier, as Proposed by the Hon. J. R. Poinsett Sec. of War, in his report of Dec. 30, 1837.

Publisher

[Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified]

Date

1838

Description

Map showing the lands just west of the Mississippi River from Fort Snelling in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Shows the lands of the Omaha, Pawnee, Shawnee, Delaware, Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw and other Native American tribes west of Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana. Also shows the American forts throughout.

Format

1 map : engraving ; 55 x 40 cm, on sheet 61 x 43.5 cm

Type

Map.

Coverage

United States.