print email comment close Lewis & Clark: The Maps of Exploration, 1507-1814 URL: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/lewis_clark/ Description: This exhibit of history, maps, and navigational instruments "examines the planning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the cartographic tradition that made the expedition possible." Includes maps of the emerging view of the new continent of North America, French cartographic contributions, and those "made to western exploration by the Virginia gentry." A bibliography and related links are available. From the University of Virginia. Publisher: The Rectors and Visitors of the University of Virginia Library of Congress Subject Headings: Cartography -- History Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps LII Database Information: Record 6648 created by Dana Lubow on 11/01/1999 Last modification on 11/11/2004 Published: 11/01/1999   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/6648