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Description

Nice example of Stephen Long's map of Canada, from the French edition of Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader . . . first published in London in 1791.

The map provides a nice contemporary treatment of the region from the Great Lakes to Hudson's Bay, illustrating the "Territoires de la Compagnie de la Baye D'Hudson" (Lands of the Hudson's Bay Company).

The map shows Fort Detroit, Fort S. Joseph, Ft. Niagara, Fort Frontenac ou Cataragni, the Potowatamie Village south of Lake Michigan, Ville de Winnebago, Ville Monomony, Ville de Sangier and a number of other Indian placenames.

Stephen H. Long Biography

Long attended Dartmouth and entered the Army in 1814 as a Second Lieutenant of Engineers. After teaching mathematics at West Point he went west to explore the Upper Mississippi. In 1819 he was ordered to explore the Rocky Mountains, for which he became well known. He had a celebrated and very distinguished career with the Army Topographical Engineers.