-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: The Lewis and Clark Map Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:07:27 -0400 From: David Cobb <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ This may be of interest to several? David Cobb > >"HOPES AND DREAMS" > >THE LEWIS AND CLARK MAP > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >Announcing a strictly limited facsimile of the first comprehensive map >prepared from the epic journey of Lewis & Clark presented by The Boston >Athenĉum and Haley & Steele. > >Available as a deluxe folded facsimile edition, and as a frameable, >anniversary edition. > >For purchasing information go to: www.haleysteele.com/lewisandclark. > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >An American Treasure. > >In 1803, inspired by dreams of trade and settlement, President Thomas >Jefferson appointed two veterans of the military campaigns on the western >frontier, Meriwether Lewis, his private secretary, and William Clark, a >fellow Virginian, to lead an expedition to explore the northwestern part of >the North American continent. The Boston Athenĉum, in association with >Haley & Steele, is pleased to announce the publication of a unique record >of their discoveries, a manuscript map of the Lewis and Clark expedition, >drawn by Nicholas King, cartographer to Jefferson's War Department. This >map, compiled from the route maps of William Clark, the observations of >Meriwether Lewis, and the testimony of Indian informants, shows the upper >portion of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific >Ocean. It represents the first fruits of the "tour of discovery" and was >probably made in 1807 or 1808, after the captains had presented their >findings to Jefferson and before Clark began work on the map that was >published with the history of the expedition in 1814. > >For purchasing information go to: www.haleysteele.com/lewisandclark. > > >To find out more about the Boston Athenĉum go to: www.bostonathenaeum.org > > >If you wish to be removed from our e-mail list, please go to: >www.haleysteele.com/remove. >