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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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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Title
Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 and to Oregon & north California in the years 1843-44
Names
Abert, John James (1788-1863) (Associated name)
Frémont, John Charles (1813-1890) (Cartographer)
Weber, Edward (Lithographer)
United States. Congress. House (Publisher)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

Parts

Dates / Origin
Place: [Washington, D.C]
Publisher: [U.S. Senate]
Date Issued: 1845
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-11485 [Filed with U.S. West, 1844]
Topics
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.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 36187901
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15879344
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 33d1b4f0-c52b-012f-221d-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1788: Creator Born
  • 1845: Place
  • 1863: Creator Died
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2021: Found by you!
  • 2022

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 and to Oregon & north California in the years 1843-44" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1845. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8b34f0aa-a254-2df5-e040-e00a18060ddc

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 and to Oregon & north California in the years 1843-44" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 19, 2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8b34f0aa-a254-2df5-e040-e00a18060ddc

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1845). Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 and to Oregon & north California in the years 1843-44 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8b34f0aa-a254-2df5-e040-e00a18060ddc

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