Map of the United States Territory of Oregon west of the Rocky Mountains : exhibiting the various trading depots or forts occupied by the British Hudson Bay Company, connected with the western and northwestern fur trade (1838)

Map of the United States Territory of Oregon west of the Rocky Mountains : exhibiting the various trading depots or forts occupied by the British Hudson Bay Company, connected with the western and northwestern fur trade (1838)

Northwest, Pacific -- Maps<br>Oregon Territory<br>Washington (State) -- Boundaries

1 map ; 43 x 50 cm.<br>Relief shown by hachures<br>Includes notes<br>Scale ca. 1:1,000,000 (W 135°--W 100°/N 55°--N 35°) <br>The U.S. Corps of Topographical Engineers (under whose aegis Washington Hood created this map) was created in 1838. The U.S had long employed civilian civil engineers for mapping and project-oriented purposes as part of a military Corps, similar to the Corps of Engineers, but it was decided that it would be less expensive to organize its own department under strict military control. The Corps provided mapping on all levels: general exploratory, military, surveying for potential railroad routes, and surveying for individual projects such as river improvements for flood control.

Hood, Washington<br>Stansbury, M. H.<br>Stone, William James, 1798-1865<br>Abert, John James, 1788-1863<br>United States. Topographical Bureau<br>United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers

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1838

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