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Early Washington Maps: A Digital Collection



>We are very pleased to announce an new online resource: Early Washington
>Maps: A Digital Collection, a collaboration between Manuscripts, Archives,
>and Special Collections at the Washington State University Libraries and the
>University of Washington Libraries.
>http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xmaps.html
>Spanning three hundred years, Early Washington Maps: A Digital Collection
>includes maps of both sea and land faring explorers-from early nautical
>charts of the western coast to the exploits of the Jesuit Missionary, Pierre
>Jean DeSmet. It documents the struggle between Britain and America for the
>ownership of the region, and the further development of one of the last
>frontiers on the continent. Some of the digital collection's maps delineate
>the boundaries under dispute within the years 1818 and 1846, culminating in
>a peaceful compromise and the decision of the 49th parallel as the northern
>border of the United States. The digital collection also shows the efforts
>of the U.S. government to survey the land, for both federal and private use,
>under the watchful, trained eye of the General Land Office and the Corps of
>Topographical Engineers. Finally, this database showcases the hopes placed
>on the land of not only the country, but of individual citizens as well,
>with maps platting out new towns, railroad tracks, and roads.

>This project was made possible though a LSTA grant distributed by the Washington State Library.


Trevor James Bond
Special Collections Librarian
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
PO Box 645610
Pullman, WA 99164-5610
Phone: 509-335-6693
Fax: 509-335-6721
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm

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