(Pacific Northwest & Rockies) Oregon Missions Italia A large hand colored map

A large hand colored map of these neighboring territories

and a typically tightly cropped lower right hand margin

Has an inset for the vicinity of Sydney

Some Printed Color

(Pacific Northwest & Rockies) Oregon Missions Italia A large hand colored mapOregon Missions. A beautifully restored first edition of De Smet's story, complete with folding map and illustrations. Father De Smet was born in Belgium but came to America in 1821 and with the Jesuit's began his work in the West. First he settled in what would later become Council Bluffs and set up a mission station. While there he assisted Nicolette in some of the mapping of the region, and tooks these skills with him as he moved on further West.