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Author: Frémont, John Charles/ Charles Preuss
Title: Geographical Memoir Upon Upper California, in Illustration of his Map of Oregon and California by John Charles Frémont Addressed to the Senate of the United States
Place Published: Washington
Publisher:Wendell and Van Benthuysen
Date Published: 1848
Description:

67 pp. With large folding lithographed map. (8vo) 22.6x14 cm (9x5½"), modern buckram. First (i.e. Senate) issue.

The short report was written primarily to explain the important map, drawn by Charles Preuss, which covers the entire West from the Rockies to the Pacific, measuring 83x66 cm., with a little hand coloring in outline. The map is titled "Map of Oregon and Upper California, From the Surveys of John Charles Fremont and Other Authorities. Drawn by Charles Preuss..." Wheat calls the it "the one great general map of 1848." He also comments that it is probably the first map, with a wide circulation, to locate the gold regions in California. The report of this third expedition of Fremont is uncharacteristically short, due to Fremont's court martial and resignation from military service. Nevertheless, it enjoyed great popularity since the discovery of gold was announced almost simultaneously with its publication.

Provenance: Golder '78

Slight browning to text and map but less than is usually the case; near fine in modern binding, wrappers not retained.