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Map Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-44. Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, Oregon & North California in the Years 1843-44

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Title

  • Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-44.

Other Title

  • Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, Oregon & North California in the Years 1843-44

Summary

  • The geographical knowledge of the mountain man Jedediah Smith (1799--1831) is recorded by George Gibbs on this map. Smith's explorations played a significant role in the settlement of the American West. Smith was the first white man to cross the future states of Nevada and Utah, the first American to enter California by the overland route, and the first American to explore the Pacific coast from California to the banks of the Columbia River. Gibbs's annotations, based on a manuscript map by Smith, detail such matters as the numbers of Native American warriors in certain places in 1830, the limits of the buffalo range, how far salmon could ascend the Salmon River, and where the mountains had perpetual snow cover. Gibbs was an American geologist and ethnologist who became known for his contribution to the study of the languages of indigenous peoples in the Washington Territory. From a distinguished New York family, he gained a law degree from Harvard University and worked for the American Ethnological Society in New York before moving west, where he hoped to profit from the California Gold Rush. He eventually settled in Astoria, Oregon, where he took up a position as a customs official.

Names

  • Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 Creator.
  • Gales and Seaton Printer.
  • Gibbs, George, 1815-1873 Annotator.
  • Smith, Jedediah Strong, 1799-1831 Contributor.
  • United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers Sponsor.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers, 1844.

Headings

  • -  United States of America
  • -  1842 to 1844
  • -  Exploration and encounters
  • -  Rocky Mountains Region
  • -  West (United States)

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Scale 1:3,000,000. 1 inch = 47.35 miles. Relief shown by hachures."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 map on 2 sheets : annotated ; 77 x 129, sheets 82 x 68 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668437

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Frémont, John Charles, Creator, Gales And Seaton Printer, George Gibbs, Jedediah Strong Smith, and United States Army. Corps Of Topographical Engineers Sponsor. Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year , Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-44. [place of publication not identified: United States Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers, 1844] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668437/.

APA citation style:

Frémont, J. C., Gales And Seaton Printer, Gibbs, G., Smith, J. S. & United States Army. Corps Of Topographical Engineers Sponsor. (1844) Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year , Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-44. [place of publication not identified: United States Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668437/.

MLA citation style:

Frémont, John Charles, Creator, et al. Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year , Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-44. [place of publication not identified: United States Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers, 1844] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668437/>.