Sources of the Mississippi

Description:: Shows lakes, rivers, islands, and portages. Includes information on Lake Itasca and the geology of the area. Chippewa Indian village on shore of Leech Lake is located. Ultimate point reached by Govr. [Lewis] Cass in 1820 is shown. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 4 (1834), pp. 239-54; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v. 4 1834. "Itasca Lake - the source of the Mississippi - lenghth from the Gulf of Mexico 3 160 miles - elevation 1500 ft - reached on the 13th July 1832."
Resource Link:: https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9974468013506421
Identifier:: ark:/88435/rx913s39r
Language:: en and English
Creator:: Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864
Publisher:: London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 1834.
Provider:: Princeton
Resource Class:: Maps
Resource Type:: Image
Subject:: Mississippi River—Discovery and exploration—Maps, Mississippi River—Sources, Itasca, Lake, Region (Minn.)—Discovery and exploration, Mississippi River—Maps, Itasca, Lake (Minn.)—Maps, and Thematic maps
Theme:: Mississippi River—Discovery and exploration—Maps, Mississippi River—Sources, Itasca, Lake, Region (Minn.)—Discovery and exploration, Mississippi River—Maps, Itasca, Lake (Minn.)—Maps, and Thematic maps
Spatial Coverage:: Mississippi River
Access Rights:: Public
Format:: TIFF

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