Map Of An Exploring Expedition To The Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, Oregon & North California In The Years 1843-44. By Brevet Capt. J. C. Fremont Of The Corps Of Topographical Engineers Under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert, Chief Of The Topographical Bureau. Lith. by E. Weber & Co. Baltimore, Md (Raster Image)
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- The large map of the west is one of the most interesting and beautiful government maps of the 1840's. It filled in many of the gaps in cartographic knowledge of the west. Charles Preuss was the cartographer. Map is without color. Book is bound with full leather with "Executive Documents 2d Sess. 28th Cong." on the spine in gold. Appears in "Report of The Exploring Expedition to The Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44."
- Purpose
- The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.
Description
Type of resource | cartographic, software, multimedia |
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Form | Raster Dataset |
Publisher | Cartography Associates |
Publication date | 2015 |
Language | English |
Digital origin | born digital |
Map data | Scale not given. ; Custom projection W 127°17ʹ19ʺ--W 93°17ʹ33ʺ/N 48°13ʹ35ʺ--N 32°35ʹ21ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326 |
Creators/Contributors
Creator | Rumsey, David, 1944- | |
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Creator | Southern Pacific Company |
Subjects
Subject | Discovery and exploration |
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Subject | Topographic maps |
Subject | California |
Subject | Oregon |
Subject | Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) |
Subject | Cascade Range |
Subject | West (U.S.) |
Subject | Rocky Mountains |
Subject | 1842-1844 |
Subject | Imagery and Base Maps |
Genre | Geospatial data |
Genre | Cartographic dataset |
Bibliographic information
WGS84 Cartographics | This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection. |
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Original map in SearchWorks | |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/zq621hs6355 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- Image from the David Rumsey Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce commercially, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
- Copyright
- Property rights reside with the repository, Copyright © Stanford University. Images may be reproduced or transmitted, but not for commercial use. For commercial use or commercial republication, contact rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. By downloading any images from this site, you agree to the terms of that license.
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC-SA).
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- Southern Pacific Company and Rumsey, D. (2015). Map Of An Exploring Expedition To The Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, Oregon & North California In The Years 1843-44. By Brevet Capt. J. C. Fremont Of The Corps Of Topographical Engineers Under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert, Chief Of The Topographical Bureau. Lith. by E. Weber & Co. Baltimore, Md (Raster Image). Cartography Associates. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/zq621hs6355
Collection
David Rumsey Map Collection at Stanford University Libraries
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