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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785620803321

Autore

Frémont John Charles <1813-1890.>

Titolo

Frémont's first impressions [[electronic resource] ] : the original report of his exploring expeditions of 1842-1844 / / John C. Frémont ; introduction to the Bison Books edition by Anne F. Hyde

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-55409-7

9786613866547

0-8032-7145-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (395 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HydeAnne Farrar <1960->

Disciplina

978/.02

Soggetti

Adventure and adventurers - Rocky Mountains - 19th century

West (U.S.) Discovery and exploration

West (U.S.) Description and travel

Rocky Mountains Discovery and exploration

Rocky Mountains Description and travel

Pacific States Discovery and exploration

Pacific States Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published under title: Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-'44. Washington, D.C. : Gales and Seaton, 1845.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Untitled""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Contents ""; ""Introduction by Anne F. Hyde""; ""A Report on an Exploration of the Country Lying Between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains, on the Line of the Kansas and Great Platte Rivers""; ""A Report of the Exploring Expedition to Oregon and North California, in the Years 1843-44""; ""Notes""

Sommario/riassunto

In 1842 John C. Frémont led a party of twenty-five men on a five-month journey from Saint Louis to the Wind River Range in the Rocky Mountains; his goal: to chart the best route to Oregon. In 1843 Frémont was commissioned for another expedition, to explore the Great Salt Lake, Washington, eastern California, Carson Pass, and the San Joaquin Valley, places that did not yet belong to the United States.



His journals from these expeditions, edited in collaboration with his wife, Jessie Benton Frémont, and published by Congress, thrilled the nation and firmly established Frémont's persona as the