Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
Relief shown by hachures.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
4m90f8227
label
Map of that part of the mineral lands adjacent to Lake Superior, ceded to the United States by the treaty of 1842 with the Chippewas
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4m90f8227
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of that part of the mineral lands adjacent to Lake Superior, ceded to the United States by the treaty of 1842 with the Chippewas
description
Relief shown by hachures.
date
["[1845]"]
year
1845
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_011178
creators
Gray, A. B. (Andrew Belcher), 1820-1862
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Mines and mineral resources--Michigan--Upper Peninsula--Maps
Upper Peninsula (Mich.)--Maps
Superior, Lake--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Michigan
North and Central America
Superior, Lake
United States
upper peninsula
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Michigan
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Washington, D.C
publisher
War Dept.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
extent
1 map on 2 sheets : joined, hand col. ; 87 x 115 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Shows mining claims.
Inset: [Lake Superior region].
"Compiled from surveys and explorations made by direction of the War Department under the superintendence of the U.S. Agency at Copper Harbor; from U.S. surveys made by Dr. Houghton and Wm. A. Burt Esq.; from Nicollet's map of the Upper Mississippi River; and from Bayfield's charts of Lake Superior: vide accompanying report of 1845". (In U.S. 29th Cong., special session Senate 175, no. 461).
Includes errata for accompanying report (House document no. 211), signed by A.B. Gray, Surveyor & Asst. Supt., U.S. Mines.
Does not include ill. of Camp Gray that appears on other versions.
hasTranscription
no
dcId
4m90f8227
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
9e74015bb646bdce