(WEST-EXPLORATIONS) Map of the Route Pursued by the Late Expedition under the Command of Col. S. W. Kearny, U.S. 1st Dragoons By W. B. Franklin, Lieut. Corps Topl. Engrs. attached to the Expedition, 1845, US Govt., 1846 Kearny led an obscure expedition from Fort Leavenworth to South Pass and then south through today's Colorado to return to Fort Leavenworth via the Arkansas. This map details the route with each nights camp dated. Clear and well detailed for major terrain and drainages, up to the Wind River Mountains, down past Longs Peak and Pikes Peak, out through the plains to Independence, Missouri. It is a precise and well executed map. Rarely seen. Wheat, C.I. (TM) 495, Rittenhouse, J.D. 343, Wagner & Camp 117. Clean with good margins, one small repaired tear. Image size is approximately 8.5 x 13.5 (inches)
