Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 and to Oregon & north California in the years 1843-44

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Description

Title
Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 and to Oregon & north California in the years 1843-44
Alternative Title
Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-44
Creator
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890, cartographer
Contributor
Abert, John James, 1788-1863.
United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.
Published / Created
[1845?]
Publication Place
Washington, D.C.? and United States Washington (D.C.)
Publisher
publisher not identified
Description
Relief shown by hachures.
State 3: Include notes, Great Basin statement, and place name South Park below Bayou Salade; some place names differ from other states.
Cited in: Carl I. Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi West, 1540-1861, vol. 2, no. 497; List of maps of America in the Library of Congress, page 642; Howes, W. U.S.iana, 1650-1950 (1962 edition), F370; and Library of Congress' Maps showing explorers' routes, trails & early roads in the United States, no. 223.
Includes "Profile of the route from the mouth of the Kansas to the Pacific by Capt. J.C. Fremont in 1843." Horizontal scale of profile: 1:3,000,000.
Extent
1 map : 76 x 128 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Scale
Scale 1:2,000,000
Coordinates
(W 123°--W 95°/N 46°--N 34°).
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
80 1844A

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Maps
Material
hand colored ;
Resource Type
cartographic image
Subject (Geographic)
West (U.S.)
Rocky Mountains Region
Subject (Topic)
Discoveries in geography
American
Discovery and exploration
Subjects
Discoveries in geography > American > Maps
West (U.S.) > Discovery and exploration > Maps
West (U.S.) > Maps
Rocky Mountains Region > Maps

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Rights
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Identifiers

Catalog Record
16047344
Object ID (OID)
15812923

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