Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 6th February, a report and map of Lieutenant Simpson, of the route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe; also, a report on the same subject from Captain R. B. Marcy, 5th Infantry. 31st Congress, 1st Session. Ho. of Reps. Ex. Doc. No. 45
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- Leather bound
- [Washington, DC] , 1850
[Washington, DC], 1850. Early printing (first printing with the illustrations added). Leather bound. Very good. 89pp, with one map at rear, in very good condition, with only a couple of small splits to the edges. The two illustrated plates by R. H. Kern are present. Rebound in modern brown calf with brown leather spine label. Wheat 681. Howes S507. Marcy's map depicts Native American habitation, military outposts, river crossings, wagon roads, and trails.
Carl Wheat states, in Mapping the Transmississippi West, 1540-1861, "Marcy's was the first comprehensive map of this area, and on it the Red River is shown for the first time in its true size (though an accurate description would have to await Marcy's reconnaissance of its upper course).
Carl Wheat states, in Mapping the Transmississippi West, 1540-1861, "Marcy's was the first comprehensive map of this area, and on it the Red River is shown for the first time in its true size (though an accurate description would have to await Marcy's reconnaissance of its upper course).