COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Map Of Oregon And Upper California.
Obj Height cm:
85
Obj Width cm:
68
Scale 1:
3,000,000
Note:
The map for the first time filled in the details of the Great Basin. Charles Preuss drew the map. A smaller version of the map appears in President Polk's Message of 1849 (see our copy). Report rebound with cloth covered boards and title on spine.
Reference:
WC 150; Wheat 559.
Full Title:
Map Of Oregon And Upper California From the Surveys of John Charles Fremont And other Authorities. Drawn By Charles Preuss Under the Order of the Senate Of The United States, Washington City 1848. Lithy. by E. Weber & Co. Balto. (inset) Profile of the travelling route from the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains to the Bay of San Francisco.
List No:
1857.001
Series No:
2
Pub Date:
1848
Pub Title:
Geographical Memoir upon Upper California In Illustration of His Map of Oregon and California, by John Charles Fremont: Addressed to the Senate of the United States. Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, Printers. 1848. [Senate.] 30th Congress, 1st Session. Miscellaneous. No. 148.
Pub Reference:
WC 150; Wheat 559.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
1857.000
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
85
Pub Width cm:
68
Image No:
1857001
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 1998
Publisher Location:
Washington
Publisher:
Wendell and Van Benthuysen
Type:
Book Map
State/Province:
California
State/Province:
Oregon
Engraver or Printer:
Preuss, Charles
Publication Author:
Fremont, J.C.
Pub Type:
Exploration Book
Author:
Fremont, J.C.
Date:
1848
Map Of Oregon And Upper California.
