Lewis and Clark Trail Maps: A Cartographic Reconstruction, Volume I by Martin Plamondon
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- Pub. Date: September 2000
- 206pp
- Sales Rank: 639,500
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- Pub. Date: September 2000
- Publisher: Washington State University Press
- Format: Hardcover, 206pp
- Sales Rank: 639,500
- ISBN-13: 9780874222326
- ISBN: 087422232X
Synopsis
The third and final volume of this prodigious work by Washington State cartographer Plamondon contains the final segment of Lewis and Clark's trek, down the Columbia River to the Pacific and back again. The volume is made up of Plamondon's meticulously hand-drawn topographical maps onto which he has drawn the route and features noted by Lewis and Clark and modern elements such as major roads, airports, and place names. The journal entries for each location are placed onto the map as well—or, when these are too lengthy, in columns alongside the pertinent map—in small but readable type, along with brief notes. An initial chronological table summarizes the Corps' route and attendant journal entries. Introductions are included for each of the book's eight main sections that summarize the sequence of stages and the interpretation of key journal entries. These volumes will disappoint no enthusiast of the journey of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery. Plamondon's inclusion of the references to the many native peoples the Corps' encountered also make this an important resource for those interested in Native American and early 19th- century American history. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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A Vancouver, Washington cartographer based his unique maps on Clark's untapped survey notes<-->excerpted on the maps. Taking into account nearly 200 years of changes to key geographic features of the 7,000 miles that the Corps of Discovery covered, Plamondon's 153 full-page maps precisely depicting the 1804-6 roundtrip permit comparison of the geography past and present from the Missouri River from Illinois to Fort Mandan in North Dakota. The book includes an introductory essay with notes on expedition mapping methods. Indexed by outbound and return camps, dates, locations and events, and place names. This valuable contribution to Lewis & Clark scholarship is part of an anticipated three-volume set. 9x12<">. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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