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“[Maps with Report] Map of the Territory of New Mexico...[and] Sketch of Part of the March & Wagon Road of Lt. Colonel Cooke... [accompanying] Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego…” by W.H. Emory
“[Maps with Report] Map of the Territory of New Mexico...[and] Sketch of Part of the March & Wagon Road of Lt. Colonel Cooke... [accompanying] Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego…” by W.H. Emory
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Subject: Southwestern United States
Creator: Emory, William Hemsley
Date: 1848 (published)
Color: Black & White
Size: 5.6 x 8.9 inches
Source: H.R. Ex. Doc. 41. 30th Congress, 1st Session
Description:
This House edition is one of the most comprehensive and desirable forms of this report which was issued with the Abert and Cooke maps, but without the very large Emory map. The report documents the 1846-1847 journey of the advanced guard of General Kearny's Army of The West. Emory was Brevet Major of the Corps of Topographical Engineers. The report features full-page lithographs of the natives, rivers, landscapes, towns and pueblos, flora and fauna that were encountered during the march to the Pacific. Emory's reports are enjoyable reads with passages such as "I stopped in the little town of Isoletta, to visit my friend, the alcalde, who has the reputation, Indian though he be, of being the most honest man and best maker of brandy in the territory." Printed by Wendell and Van Benthuysen. 614 pages. 8vo. Disbound. |
Condition: B+ due to folding map of New Mexico is very good with pleasant light toning and a few small spots. The sketch map is clean, bright, and near fine. Disbound text and plates are very good to near fine with very occasional scattered foxing. A few of the plates and text leaves are loose.
References:
Wheat (TMW) #505 & 532; Wagner & Camp 148:5; Howes #E145 |
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