Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains, in the year 1842, and to Oregon and north California, in the years 1843-44 / John Charles Fremont.

Published together in 1846 for a British readership, these reports of two westward expeditions shed light on the challenges of exploration in nineteenth-century North America. Led by the army officer and future presidential candidate John Charles Frémont (1813-90), who became known as 'the Pat...

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