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 ManuscriptsT 656 (Folio A)Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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, 656BAC 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.
Contents:
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.
Subject Terms:
Hudson's Bay Company. | Northwest, Canadian -- Description and travel -- Pictorial works. | Oregon -- Description and travel -- Pictorial works. | Nord-Ouest canadien -- Descriptions et voyages. | Oregon -- Descriptions et voyages. | OregonOuvrages illustrà‚es. | Nord-Ouest canadienOuvrages illustrà‚es. | Northwest, Canadian -- History.