Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 and to 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 and to Oregon & North California in the years 1843-44
Subject	Rocky Mountains--Exploring expeditions--Maps; West (U.S.)--Exploring expeditions--Maps
Place Names	West (U.S.); Nebraska; Wyoming;
Description	Scale of original map: 1:3,000,000; includes cross section. Original publisher: U.S. Corps of Topographical Engineers; printed by Gales and Seaton, 1845;
Creator	Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Publisher	Digitized by: J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Contributors	United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers;
Date.Original	1845
Type	Image;StillImage
Format	image/jp2
Digitization Specifications	Scanned with a Leica S1 Pro digital scanning camera, using a Hasselblad 120mm Makro-Planar f/4 lens. Exposure was at f/11 with a blue filter. Lighting provided by Kaiser Softlite ProVision 6x55W fluorescent 5400K daylight lights. Files saved as uncompressed TIFF at 3500x 5117 pixels. Tif files imported into CONTENTdm for conversion to JPEG2000 display images
Resource Identifier	G4050_1844_U5_2of2.tif
Source	G4050 1844 .U5 pt. 2; From: Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-44. (28th Cong., 2nd Sess., Sen. Ex. Doc. 174, Serial 461)
Language	eng
Relation	J. Willard Marriott Library, Rare Maps
Coverage	Coordinates of original map: W 125 degrees--W 94 degrees/N 46 degrees--N 34 degrees. Shows area between North Platte River on north to Arkansas and Smoky Hill Fork of Kansas River on south; Eastern limit: Confluence of Missouri and Kansas rivers
Rights Management	Digital image copyright 2006, University of Utah. All rights reserved.
Source Physical Dimensions	77 x 128 cm (both pieces)
Contributing Institution	J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Scanning Technician	Kelly Taylor

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Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 and to Oregon & North California in the years 1843-44

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