Historic Maps » Map of a Reconnoissance between Fort Leavenworth ... and the Great Salt Lake ... by Stansbury, Howard; Gunnison, J.W.; Preuss, C. from 1852

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Author: Stansbury, Howard; Gunnison, J.W.; Preuss, C.

Date: 1852

Short Title: Map of a Reconnoissance between Fort Leavenworth ... and the Great Salt Lake ...

Publisher: New York: Ackerman Lith.

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: Utah ; Indian Territory ; Oregon

Region: Great Salt Lake ; 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: Stansbury, Howard; Gunnison, J.W.; Preuss, C.

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

Institution: Rumsey Collection

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