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Title: Map of Oregon and Upper California : from the surveys of John Charles Frémont and other authorities / Drawn by Charles Preuss under the Order of the Senate of the United States, Washington City, 1848
Creator: Preuss, Charles, 1803-1854, cartographer
Contributor: Edward Weber & Co, publisher
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Date Created and/or Issued: 1848
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Frémont's famous map of the west as drawn by Charles Preuss. California is extended as far east as the Rockies by a hand drawn 42nd parallel extension. This map shows the east-west mountains across Nevada which do not exist and which lured travelers to the dry south, expecting water at the base of these mountains. From 30th Congress, 1st Session. Submap: Profile of the traveling route from South Pass of the Rocky Mountains to the Bay of San Francisco. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Preuss map of Fremonts mem.(?) of 1848.
Extent: 1 map ; hand col. ; 85 x 68 cm., sheet 87 x 71 cm.
Identifier: 261624 ANAL
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/10554
Language: English
Subject: West (U.S.)--Maps
Time Period: 1848
Place: North America
United States
Western States
W 125°
W 103°/N 50°
N 31°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library

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