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

Item Overview

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

Cartographer

Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890

Date Created

1844?

Place of Origin

Washington, D.C.

Publisher

United States. Congress. Senate.

Language

English

Collection

Maps of Los Angeles, California, the United States and the World, circa 1516-1970

Notes

Description

"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" "Lith by E. Weber Co., Baltimore, Md."
Relief shown by hachures, water features shaded in blue. Includes "Profile of the route from the mouth of the Kansas to the Pacific by Capt. J.C. Frémont in 1843"
Digitization took place as part of the California Cultures Project.
scale: 1:3,000,000
Originally 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).

Physical Description

Extent

1 map : hand col.

Dimensions

78 x 130 cm. on sheet 82 x 132 cm.

Keywords

Genre

maps
cartographic

Location

West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration--Maps.

Resource type

still image