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



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Autore: Fremont John Charles <1813-1890.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Fremont's first impressions : the original report of his exploring expeditions of 1842-1844 / / John C. Fremont ; introduction to the Bison Books edition by Anne F. Hyde Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (395 p.)
Disciplina: 978/.02
Soggetto topico: Adventure and adventurers - Rocky Mountains - 19th century
Soggetto geografico: 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
Altri autori: HydeAnne Farrar <1960->  
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
Titolo autorizzato: Frémont's first impressions  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-55409-7
9786613866547
0-8032-7145-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822659403321
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