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Sale 2687 - Lot 229

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(WEST.) John C. Frémont. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains . . . and to Oregon and North California. 5 maps, 22 plates. 693 pages. 4to, disbound; minor wear and foxing; map with separations at folds. Washington: Gales and Seaton, Printers, 1845
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First edition, Senate issue, with additional scientific data not included in the House issue. The large folding Preuss map, usually found inserted into a pocket, is here bound in. 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; Zamorano Eighty 39.

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