Oregon and California: The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California...to which is added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with recent notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources

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Sale 396: Americana - Hawaiiana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography (#396) 01/29/2009 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Lot #85Oregon and California: The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California...to which is added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with recent notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources

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Sale 396: Americana - Hawaiiana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography (#396) 01/29/2009 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Title:

Oregon and California: The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California...to which is added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with recent notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources

Author:

Frémont, John Charles

Place Published:

Buffalo

Publisher:

Geo. H. Derby

Date Published:

1849

Description:

456 pp. Frontispiece portrait and three wood-engraved plates. 7½x4¾, original cloth.

This edition of Frémont's famous report was the first to contain the notices of the Gold Region of California. This copy does not contain the map, which was apparently not issued in all copies; there is no sign of it ever having been bound in. Graff 1435; Smith 3360; Wagner-Camp 115:14.

Condition:

Spine ends frayed, extremities worn, front free endpaper lacking; good.

Item#:

196008

Headline:

1849 edition of Fremont, with info on gold fields
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