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

Item data

Title

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

Collection

Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
Parts

Names

Abert, John James, 1788-1863 (Associated name)
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 (Cartographer)
Weber, Edward (Lithographer)
United States. Congress. House (Publisher)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1845
Place: [Washington, D.C]
Publisher: [U.S. Senate]

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-11485 [Filed with U.S. West, 1844]

Subjects

West (U.S.)
Discovery & exploration

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Content: [Heading West ; 34]
Content: State 3: Includes notes, Great Basin statement, and place name South Park below Bayou Salade; some place names differ from other states.
Content: Includes "Profile of the route from the mouth of the Kansas to the Pacific by Capt. J.C. Fremont in 1843."
Citation/Reference: LC Trails, no. 223
Content: "Published in Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-44. By Brevet Captain J.C. Fremont ... Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Washington ... 1845 (28th Cong., 2nd Sess., Sen. Ex. Doc. 174, Serial 461)."
Content: Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Statement Of Responsibility: by Brevet Capt. J.C. Frémont of the Corps of Topographical Engineers under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 76 x 130 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 36187901
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15879344
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 33d1b4f0-c52b-012f-221d-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1845

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