Map of Oregon and Upper California From the Surveys of John Charles Fremont And other Authorities

by [FREMONT, John Charles]. PREUSS, Charles

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Book desription: Washington City: Drawn ... Under Order of the Senate of the United States, Lith[ograph]y by E.Weber & Co. Balto, 1848. Second edition, single sheet (20 x 17 inches plus generous margins). Lithographed map of what is now the Western United States. As opposed to the first edition this one extends northerly only to the Oregon border, and easterly only to the mountains bordering Great Salt Lake on the east. originally issued in Executive Document No. 17, 1850.A handsome copy of the smaller second edition Preuss' stunning 1848 map of Oregon and Upper California, a landmark of American cartography, and the first to identify California's Gold Rush region with the words "El Dorado or Gold Region" alongside the Plumas and American Rivers. An elevation profile of the South Pass to San Francisco route occupies the space at the top of the map; below, the territories of the Native American tribes of the Southwest and Pacific Northwest are delineated alongside political and physical place names."This important and beautifully drawn map became the model for many of the later gold region maps. The California portion is based on Fremont's map of 1845, but the legend 'El Dorado or Gold Rush Region' has been added along the 'Rio d. l. Plumas' (Feather River), and the 'R. d. l. Americanos' (American River), which is shown flowing out of 'Lake Bonpland' (Tahoe) ... The map covers the territory from the boundary of the 'British Possessions' on the north to the Mexican border on the south, and from the Pacific Ocean on the west to Fort Laramie and the "Great Plains" on the east (Wheat)."[B]y far the most accurate map of the Far West up to the time of its publication ... The rapidly changing political character of the West is not neglected on the map. Eighteen forty-right was a milestone year for establishing United States territories and boundaries, and the recognition of these most recent developments make the map an up-to-date document. 'Oregon Territory' established by Congress on August 114, 1848, is clearly delineated, as are the boundaries with Mexico laid out by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Missouri Territory is also indicated, as was, for the first time on a published map, the presence of the Mormons in the Great Basin" (Cohen).A lovely copy with only two minor and marginal fold-line tears (not into image), fresh and clean.Cohen p. 152. Howes F366. Streeter 2524. Wagner-Camp 150. Wheat, Maps of the California Gold Rush Region, 40.

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