COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Map of the Great Salt Lake.
Obj Height cm:
110
Obj Width cm:
76
Scale 1:
240,000
Note:
One of the earliest, and most important government maps of the Great Salt Lake area. Wheat calls this map "a major production...for the Great Salt Lake itself the map was definitive...Scientific cartography for the Territory of Utah may be said to date from the appearance of this map." It is a stunning map, large in scope, and clearly shows the genius of Charles Preuss as a cartographer. Issued in a folder with the large Stansbury "Map of a Reconnoissance between Fort Leavenworth..." Bodies of water have light blue outline color.
Reference:
Wheat 765.
Full Title:
Map of the Great Salt Lake And Adjacent Country in the Territory Of Utah. Surveyed in 1849 and 1850, under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert ... by Capt. Howard Stansbury ... aided by Lieut. J.W. Gunnison ... and Albert Carrington. Drawn By Lieut. Gunnison And Charles Preuss. Ackerman Lith. 379 Broadway N.Y.
List No:
0950.001
Series No:
3
Pub Date:
1852
Pub Title:
Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, including a Reconnoissance of a new Route through the Rocky Mountains. By Howard Stansbury ... Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co. 1852.
Pub Reference:
WC 219; Wheat 764; Wheat 765.
Pub Note:
Two maps in separate case, by Gunnison and Preuss. Maps in partial color.
Pub List No:
0950.000
Pub Maps:
2
Pub Height cm:
23
Pub Width cm:
16
Image No:
0950001
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
Ackerman Lith.
Type:
Book Map
State/Province:
Utah
Region:
Great Salt Lake
Engraver or Printer:
Carrington, Albert
Publication Author:
Gunnison, J.W.
Publication Author:
Preuss, C.
Publication Author:
Stansbury, Howard
Pub Type:
Exploration Book
Author:
Gunnison, J.W.
Author:
Preuss, C.
Author:
Stansbury, Howard
Date:
1852
Map of the Great Salt Lake.
