Topographical Map of the Road from Missouri to Oregon Commencing at the Mouth of the Kansas in the Missouri River and Ending at the Mouth of the Wallah Wallah in the Columbia
Baltimore: E. Weber & Co, 1846. First Edition. Quarter leather over marbled boards. Folio. Map in seven sections. Bound in leather backed marbled paper-covered boards. Maps are 16" x 26" ea. Binding with some wear to spine with some loss, chip to bottom margin of Section IV not affecting map, repair to Section VII with loss upward of 1" near edge, scattered light foxing. Very Good with maps Very Good to Near Fine. Item #13538
A high-spot of Western cartography. Preuss accompanied Fremont on his 1,670 mile journey, 1842-3, from the Missouri to the Columbia Rivers. The map, with its seven sections, became the road guide for early emigrants on the Oregon Trail.
Price: $4,500.00