1852 Howard Stansbury Large Antique Map Forth Leavenworth, KS to Salt Lake, Utah World This sea chart would have

This sea chart would have been one of the actual charts used by the French navy during the many voyages of discovery launched by the French in the 18th & 19th centuries

At length when they had perceived we were going to the Ships they all left us except the man we had in the boat

Plate area: - Light uniform age toning

Clerke assumed leadership of the expedition

1852 Howard Stansbury Large Antique Map Forth Leavenworth, KS to Salt Lake, Utah World This sea chart would haveTitle : Map of a reconnaissance between Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri River, and the Great Salt Lake in the territory of Utah made in 1849 and 1850 under the orders of Col. J. J. Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau, by Capt. Howard Stansbury of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, aided by Lieut. J. W. Gunnison, Corps Topographical Engineers, and Albert Carrington ; drawn by Lieut. Gunnison and Charles Preuss Size: 70in x 30in (1. 78m x