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Creator:
Warre, H. (Henry), 1819–1898
Title(s):
Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory / by Captain H. Warre (A.D.C. to the late Commander of the Forces).
Published/Created:
[London] : Lithographed, printed and published by Dickinson & Co., 114, New Bond Street, [1848]
Physical Description:
[4], 5 pages, [17] leaves of plates : 20 color illustrations, 1 map ; 54 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
T 656 (Folio A)
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1502675
Classification:
Books
Notes:
'Captain Warre was sent by the Government on reconnaissance in case England should be at war with the United States. He was later knighted.' -Abbey 593.
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 656
BAC Folio A 2025 2: The Abbey copy. Plates are hand-colored. Bound by James MacDonald Co., N.Y.C., in contemporary green cloth portfolio, with title stamped in gold over black on spine. Within, in publisher's original green wrappers with cloth spine.
Subject Terms:
Hudson's Bay Company.
Nord-Ouest canadien -- Descriptions et voyages.
Nord-Ouest canadienOuvrages illustrâes.
Northwest, Canadian -- Description and travel -- Pictorial works.
Northwest, Canadian -- History.
Oregon -- Description and travel -- Pictorial works.
Oregon -- Descriptions et voyages.
OregonOuvrages illustrâes.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- Color -- 1848.
Lithographs.
Contributors:
Dickinson & Co. (London, England), publisher, printer, lithographer.
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  • Plates: [1 untitled map]
  • Fall of the Peloos River
  • The Rocky Mountains
  • Les Dalles. Columbia River
  • The Rocky Mountains from the Columbia River looking N.W.
  • Distant View of the Rocky Mountains
  • The American Village
  • Falls of the Kamanis Taquoih River
  • Source of the Columbia River
  • Valley of the Willamette River
  • Mount Hood from Les Dalles
  • Fort Garry
  • Mount Hood
  • Fort George/formerly Astoria
  • Mc Gillivray or Kootoonai River
  • Mount Baker
  • Cape Disappointment
  • Fort Vancouver
  • Indian Tomb
  • Buffalo Hunting on the W. Prairies
  • Forcing a passage through the burning prairie.

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