Map exhibiting the new discoveries, the interior part of North America : inscribed by permission, to the honorable governor and company of adventurers in England trading into Hudsons Bay / inscribed &c. &c., A. Arrowsmith, Charles Street Soho, January 1st 1795, additions 1796 ; true copy, George W. Whistler, draftsman & asst. surveyor.

The map is a detail showing the western Great Lakes region only, drawn by Whistler, copying the earlier Arrowsmith map indicated in the title. Shows islands of Lake Superior to document position of Philipeau Island ("Isles of Philipeau") cited in Treaty of Ghent, 1783.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 25th Congress, 2nd session, no. 451.
Corporate Author: United States. Congress House (Issuing body)
Other Authors: Whistler, George W. (George Washington), 1800-1849 (Cartographer)
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823 (Cartographer)
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : [United States House of Representatives], 1838.
Series:House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 25th Congress, 2nd session, no. 451.
Subjects:
United States > Boundaries > Canada > Maps.
Canada > Boundaries > United States > Maps.
Superior, Lake > Maps.
Great Lakes (North America) > Maps.
Islands > Superior, Lake > Maps.
Early maps > Facsimiles.
Maps.
Genre:
Maps.
Facsimiles.
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of Ronald Dietz.
Physical Description:1 map ; 11 x 16 cm, on sheet 23 x 30 cm.
Cartographic Data:Scale not given
(W 92°10ʹ00ʺ--W 79°38ʹ00ʺ/N 50°21ʹ00ʺ--N 42°44ʹ00ʺ).
Format: Map
Description
Summary:
The map is a detail showing the western Great Lakes region only, drawn by Whistler, copying the earlier Arrowsmith map indicated in the title. Shows islands of Lake Superior to document position of Philipeau Island ("Isles of Philipeau") cited in Treaty of Ghent, 1783.
Note:Map detached from "Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th May last, in relation to the boundary between the United States and Great Britain," published as a United States House of Representatives document (Serial Set 331 H.doc.451), "July 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table."
"Copy from a map in the Topographical Bureau, Washington, Jos. Delafield."
"A. Number 2."
Call Number:G3301.F2 1838 U5 Map Sheet 2