Samuel (1820) Parker

Lot 203: Map of Oregon Territory

Name: Map of Oregon Territory
Brand: PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
SKU: x7s978mu1k

Est: $250 USD - $350 USDSold:

PBA Galleries Auctions & AppraisersBrookline, MA, USMarch 11, 2004

Item Overview

Description

Copper-engraved folding map. 36x56.1 cm. (14"x21 3/4 ") plus margins.

The "earliest map of the Oregon interior with a pretense of accuracy." Wheat states that the map "represented a real advance, and it was made from personal observations." Originally bound in Samuel Parker's "Journal of an Exploring Tour beyond the Rocky Mountains" and still tipped-on the original blank leaf. Howes P89; Wagner-Camp 70:4; Streeter (Sale) 2093; Wheat Transmississippi Map 438.

Artist or Maker

Samuel (1820) Parker

Date

1838

Condition Report

Couple small splits along folds, scattered foxing, light soiling, some additional creases; about very good.

Notes

Place: [Ithaca, NY]

Auction Details

Maps & Atlases: The Collection Of Ernst W. Gerber, Part II

PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers

March 11, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

Larz Anderson Park 15 Newton Park, Brookline, MA, 02445, US

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