Mapping And Imagination In The Great Basin: A Cartographic History

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RICHARD V. FRANCAVIGLIA MAPPING AND IMAGINATION IN THE GREAT BASIN A Cartographic History UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas University of Nevada Press,
eno, Nevada 89557 usa Copyright © 2005 by University of Nevada Press Photographs copyright © 2005 by author All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Design by Barbara Jellow Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Francaviglia,
ichardV. Mapping and imagination in the Great Basin : a cartographic history /
ichardV. Francaviglia.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-87417-609-3 (hardcover : alk. paper)—isbn 0-87417-617-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Cartography—Great Basin
egion—History. 2. Great Basin— Discovery and exploration. 3. Great Basin—Geography. I. title. ga102.6f3 2004 912.79—dc22 2004023023 The paper used in this book meets the requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z.48-1984. Binding materials were selected for strength and durability. First Printing 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 5 4 3 2 1 Frontispiece: ENVISIONING G
EAT SALT LAKE IN THE 1850s—a composite image of the landscape scene “WEST END OF F
ÉMONT’S I[SLAND],AND P
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ANGE, LOOKING NO
TH. G.S. LAKE” from Howard Stansbury’s Exploration of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake (1852) and a portion of the “Map of Wagon
outes in Utah Territory” in Captain J. H. Simpson’s
eport of Explorations Across the Great Basin of the Territory of Utah (1859).Author’s collection. Dedicated To Jenkins and Virginia Garrett, lovers of history and maps
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