CHARLES WILKES. Map of the Oregon Territory. 1841.

CHARLES WILKESMap of the Oregon TerritoryNew York: J.H. Young : Sherman & Smith, 1841LithographPaper size: 23 3/4" x 38" Striking Map of Oregon Territory from the United States' Largest Exploration Expedition This map of the Oregon Territory was made as part of the United States South Seas Exploring Expedition, also known as U.S. Ex. Ex., the largest and longest United States' exploratory expedition. The map shows the results of the first American surveys of the Columbia River and Puget Sound. This larger edition, published in a limited print run, is quite rare. The result is the most important and accurate map of the period and a map of considerable importance in the history of the cartography of the region. The map shows an intricately detailed coastline and terrain stretching from just north of the 54th parallel, which U.S. Ex. Ex. commander and surveyor Charles Wilkes thought should be the northern boundary of the Oregon Territory, to Cape Mendocino in California. The Cascade R