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Map 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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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

  • Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890.
  • Abert, John James, 1788-1863.
  • Edward Weber & Co.
  • United States. Congress. Senate.

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C. : U.S. Senate, 1845]

Headings

  • -  West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration--Maps
  • -  United States--West

Notes

  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  State 3: Includes notes, Great Basin statement, and place name South Park below Bayou Salade; some place names differ from other states.
  • -  "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)."
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Includes "Profile of the route from the mouth of the Kansas to the Pacific by Capt. J.C. Fremont in 1843."
  • -  LC Trails, no. 223
  • -  Vault
  • -  3 copies. Copy 2 has 39A stamped in lower left corner

Medium

  • 1 map : hand col. ; 76 x 130 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4051.S12 1844 .F72

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96688042

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Frémont, John Charles, John James Abert, Edward Weber & Co, and United States Congress. Senate. Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the yearand to Oregon & north California in the years 1843-44. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Senate, 1844] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/96688042/.

APA citation style:

Frémont, J. C., Abert, J. J., Edward Weber & Co & United States Congress. Senate. (1844) Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the yearand to Oregon & north California in the years 1843-44. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Senate] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96688042/.

MLA citation style:

Frémont, John Charles, et al. Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the yearand to Oregon & north California in the years 1843-44. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Senate, 1844] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96688042/>.