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The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California. To which is added a Description of the Physical Geography of California. With recent notices of the Gold Region from the latest and most authentic sources
by FREMONT, Brevet Col. J.C
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Buffalo. Geo. H. Derby & Co., Publishers. 1849. Hardcover. 12mo.19cm, 456p., 4 plates including 2 portrait frontispieces, appendices, rebound in modern half buckram & marbled boards, new spine title label, leaf edges toned, occasional foxing, near fine. (wst) Reprint of Fremont's Reports of his U.S. Army. exploring expeditions of 1842 and 1843/44 through the American West. The Reports are directed to Col. J.J.Albert, Chief of the Corps. of Topographical Engineers (the frontis portraits are of Fremont & Col. Albert). This "new edition" was timed to coincide with the great California Gold Rush and to encourage the "forty-niners" with added articles on the gold regions of California including Colonel Mason's "Official Report", routes to and physical geography of California. "In Upper California - may be found the modern Canaan, a land 'flowing with milk and honey,' its mountains studded and its rivers lined and choked, with gold!
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- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36696
- Title
- The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California. To which is added a Description of the Physical Geography of California. With recent notices of the Gold Region from the latest and most authentic sources
- Author
- FREMONT, Brevet Col. J.C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Buffalo. Geo. H. Derby & Co., Publishers. 1849
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- WEST WESTERN CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TRAVEL ROCKY MOUNTAIN OREGON COAST GOLD RUSH TOPOGRPAHY
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About the Seller
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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Ottawa, Ontario
About Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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