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Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nico …
Title Page: Report intended …
1843
Exploration Book
Authors Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843
Full Title (Title Page to) Report Intended To Illustrate A Map Of The Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River, Made by I.N. Nicollet ... February 16, 1841. Washington: Blair and Rives, Printers. 1843. [Senate.] 26th Congress, 2d Session. [237].
List No 2488A
Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nico …
Hydrographical Basin of the …
1843
Exploration Book
Authors Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843
Full Title Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River From Astronomical and Barometrical Observations Surveys and Information by J.N. Nicollet ... assisted ... by Lieut. J.C. Fremont ... Reduced and compiled under the direction of Col. J.J. Abert in the Bureau of the Corps of Topl. Engrs. by Lieut. W.H. Emory ... 1843 ... W.J. Stone Sc.
List No 2488.001
Note First edition, first issue. A larger version of the accompanying map was issued in 1842 with scale of 1:600,000 - this version is unknown to us (and anyone else we have met)- Bray states that only 200 copies were printed, the House of Representatives issued this 1843 edition in 1845 with no changes, although Wagner Camp says the map was smaller and Bray states that it was a more faithful representation of the original 1842 map. See Donald Jackson, The Expeditions of John Charles Fremont, for a history of the Nicollet map and all the Fremont maps. Fremont worked extensively with Nicollet on this map and "this was the work which trained Fremont in cartography." (Jackson). This map was the earliest accurate map of the Northern Plains and the Upper Mississippi. G.K. Warren, in his Memoir, stated that this "map was one of the greatest contributions ever made to American geography." Nicollet died in 1843. His map was years ahead of its time, with its regional concept and sound basis in instrument readings and astronomically determined points. Goetzmann: "Had he lived one more decade, Nicollet would undoubtedly have become the official government cartographer of the whole trans-Mississippi West." Rebound in brown fabric covers with "Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi, I.N. Nicollet, 1843" in gold on the spine.
Ives, J.C.
Covers: Report upon the Colo …
1861
Exploration Book
Authors Ives, J.C.
Full Title (Covers to) Report Upon The Colorado River of the West, Explored in 1857 and 1858 By Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives, Corps Of Topographical Engineers, Under The Direction Of The Office Of Explorations And Surveys, A.A. Humphreys, Captain Topographical Engineers, In Charge. By Order Of The Secretary Of War. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1861. Senate. 36th Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc.
List No 0341.005
Note Report bound with green cloth covered boards with title partially legible on spine.
Ives, J.C.
Title Page: Report upon the …
1861
Exploration Book
Authors Ives, J.C.
Full Title (Title Page to) Report Upon The Colorado River of the West, Explored in 1857 and 1858 By Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives, Corps Of Topographical Engineers, Under The Direction Of The Office Of Explorations And Surveys, A.A. Humphreys, Captain Topographical Engineers, In Charge. By Order Of The Secretary Of War. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1861. Senate. 36th Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc.
List No 0341A
Note This is the scarce Senate issue with four maps by "Baron" Egloffstein. Egloffstein used a unique engraving process to achieve a superb rendering of topographical features, he used the same technique in the map is drew for Macomb's Report (see our #2699). Of the maps in Ives's Report Wheat said "The two maps were drawn by F.W. Egloffstein...the first...is one of his best." Rare in this form with the two additional geological maps in color wash. These only appear in the Senate issue. They are the same as the two "normal" maps that appear in the House and Senate issue, but they have colors overlaid to show geological formations. Report bound with blue cloth covered boards with title on spine.
Ives, J.C.
Rio Colorado of the West.
1858
Exploration Book
Authors Ives, J.C.
Full Title Explorations and Surveys. War Department. Map No. 1. Rio Colorado of the West, explored by 1st Lieut. Joseph C. Ives, Topl. Engrs. under the direction of the Office of Explorations and Surveys. A.A. Humphreys, Capt. Topl. Engrs. in Charge, by order of the Hon. John B. Floyd, Secretary of War. 1858. Drawn by Frhr. F.W.v. Egloffstein. Topographer to the Expedition. Topography by Frhr. F.W.v. Egloffstein. Ruling by Samuel Sartain. Lettering by F. Courtenay.
List No 0341.001
Note Uncolored map in four parts across the page with the title on the far right map, with the maps reading from right to left. The detail of the map is superb, and shows the course of the Colorado River from its headwaters to the Gulf of California.
Ives, J.C.
Geological Map ... Rio Color …
1858
Exploration Book
Authors Ives, J.C.
Full Title Geological Map No. 1. Prepared by J.S. Newberry, M.D. Geologist to the Expedition. Explorations and Surveys. War Department. Map No. 1. Rio Colorado of the West, explored by 1st Lieut. Joseph C. Ives, Topl. Engrs. under the direction of the Office of Explorations and Surveys. A.A. Humphreys, Capt. Topl. Engrs. in Charge, by order of the Hon. John B. Floyd, Secretary of War. 1858. Drawn by Frhr. F.W.v. Egloffstein. Topographer to the Expedition. Topography by Frhr. F.W.v. Egloffstein. Ruling by Samuel Sartain. Lettering by F. Courtenay.
List No 0341.003
Note Color washed map in four parts across the page with the title on the far right map, with the maps reading from right to left. The detail of the map is superb, and shows the course of the Colorado River from its headwaters to the Gulf of California.
Macomb, J.N.
Title Page: Report of the Ex …
1876
Exploration Book
Authors Macomb, J.N.
Full Title (Title Page to) Report of the Exploring Expedition From Santa Fe, New Mexico, To The Junction of the Grand and Green Rivers of the Great Colorado of the West, In 1859, Under the Command of Capt. J.N. Macomb, Corps of Topographical Engineers (Now Colonel of Engineers), With A Geological Report by Prof. J.S. Newberry, Geologist of the Expedition. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1876.
List No 2699.001
Macomb, J.N., Egloffstein, F …
Map of Exploration and Surve …
1876
Exploration Book
Authors Macomb, J.N., Egloffstein, F.W. von
Full Title Map of Exploration and Surveys in New Mexico and Utah made under the direction of the Secretary of War by Capt. J.N. Macomb Topl. Engrs. assisted by C.H. Dimmock, C. Engr. 1860. Lettering by John L. Hazzard. Ruling by Samuel Sartain. Constructed and Engraved by Baron F.W. Von Egloffstein.
List No 2699.002
Note Has the Egloffstein map, which Wheat calls "one of the most beautiful maps ever published by the Army." Egloffstein made his map in 1864. The publication of the map and the report were delayed by the Civil War. Map entitled, "Map of Explorations and Surveys in New Mexico and Utah made under the direction of the Secretary of War by Capt. J.N. Macomb Topl. Engrs. assisted by C.H. Dimmock, C. Engr. 1860." Bound book with cloth covers with title embossed on spine.
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