Territory of Utah. By Prof. H. D. Rogers & A. Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E
London and Edinburgh: John Murray; W. & A. K. Johnston, 1857. A well-executed, beautifully engraved map. Hand-colored. 16 x 13 inches (25 x 22 inches in mat and frame). Faint vertical center fold line, else fine. Wheat, 934. Not in Moffat. Item #57211
From the rare Atlas of the United States... (1857) by Rogers and Johnston. This is the only commercial atlas map of its time to show the Utah Territory on a single map, and it is in its own right one of the rarest maps of the territory. In addition to county boundaries, and information from Fremont's report, the map provides a good deal of detail on springs, Indians, topographical features, forts, early roads and more. Portions of Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico are included.
The first separately printed map of Utah. This map was published at the time of the Utah War, 1857-58, and depicts Brigham Young's original view of the large Deseret Territory. Fillmore City is shown as the capitol.
The map includes a note from Fremont's report which states, "The Great Basin is elevated above the sea between 4000 and 5000 ft., it is surrounded by lofty mountains, and is believed to be filled with rivers and lakes which have no communication with the sea, deserts and oases which have never been explored, and savage tribes which no traveller has seen or described."
Price: $2,500.00