| 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 |
| Spatial Coverage |
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 |
1845 |
| Type |
Image/StillImage |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| 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 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s66t0xtk |
| Setname |
uu_awm |
| ID |
1081825 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66t0xtk |
