(WEST) Frémont John Charles Report of the Exploring Expediti

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(WEST.) Frémont, John Charles. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains . . . and to Oregon and North California. 5 maps, 22 plates. 693 pages. 8vo, publisher's cloth, moderate wear, rear board detached; foxing, minor dampstaining, a few leaves unopened, large map with short separations at intersections of folds; gift inscription on front pastedown by Senator William Woodbridge of Michigan. Senate Document, 28th Congress, 2nd Session, Doc. 174. Washington, 1845

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first edition, senate issue, with additional scientific data not included in the House issue. Includes the report on Frémont's 1842 expedition along the Oregon Trail, as well as his second expedition concluded in 1844: "Guided by Kit Carson, Frémont proceeded down the Snake River and on down the Columbia to Fort Vancouver. Moving into northwestern Nevada, Frémont suddenly took his expedition on a rash midwinter crossing of the Sierra Nevada"--Hill 640. Howes F370 ("aa"); Sabin 25845; Wagner-Camp 115:1; Wheat, Transmississippi West 497 and pages II:194-200 ("magnificent map . . . Great Salt Lake is for the first time adequately mapped").