COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Gunnison, J.W.
Author:
Preuss, C.
Author:
Stansbury, Howard
Date:
1852
Short Title:
Map of a Reconnoissance between Fort Leavenworth ... and the Great Salt Lake ...
Publisher:
Ackerman Lith.
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Book Map
Obj Height cm:
73
Obj Width cm:
171
Scale 1:
1,000,000
Note:
This is the Fremont/Preuss map of 1845, updated and enlarged, but only going west to the Great Salt Lake. Wheat: "the Stansbury expedition map (is) one of the most important of its decade." Wheat devotes seven pages to this map. It is a major production and is the culmination of the Fremont maps of 1843 and 1845, and the Abert map of 1846. Issued in a folder with the large Stansbury "Map of The Great Salt Lake and Adjacent Country.." With outline color.
Reference:
Wheat 764.
State/Province:
Indian Territory
State/Province:
Oregon
State/Province:
Utah
Region:
Great Salt Lake
Region:
Platte River
Full Title:
Map of a Reconnoissance between Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri River, and the Great Salt Lake in the Territory Of Utah, made 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. The adjacent country laid down from the latest and most authentic data. Drawn by Lieut. Gunnison and Charles Preuss. Ackerman Lith. 379 Broadway N.Y.
List No:
0950.002
Series No:
4
Engraver or Printer:
Carrington, Albert
Publication Author:
Gunnison, J.W.
Publication Author:
Preuss, C.
Publication Author:
Stansbury, Howard
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 Type:
Exploration Book
Pub Maps:
2
Pub Height cm:
23
Pub Width cm:
16
Image No:
0950002
Authors:
Gunnison, J.W.; Preuss, C.; Stansbury, Howard
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
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Map of a Reconnoissance between Fort Leavenworth ... and the Great Salt Lake ...
