Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California

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19th-century work book exploration report

Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California is an influential 19th-century account of U.S. western exploration that helped shape American understanding and interest in the Far West.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century work ⓘ book ⓘ exploration report ⓘ
about	American Far West NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. western exploration ⓘ frontier expansion ⓘ geographical exploration ⓘ scientific surveying ⓘ
audience	U.S. policymakers ⓘ general American reading public ⓘ
contains	geographical observations ⓘ narrative accounts of expeditions ⓘ scientific observations ⓘ
countryOfSubject	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
describes	landscapes of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ regions of Northern California ⓘ routes to Oregon ⓘ
documentType	government exploration report ⓘ
genre	exploration narrative ⓘ travel literature ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	yes ⓘ
historicalPeriodDescribed	19th-century American West ⓘ
impact	contributed to mapping knowledge of the American West ⓘ helped stimulate migration interest toward the Far West ⓘ
influenced	American public understanding of the Far West ⓘ interest in westward expansion ⓘ perceptions of Oregon Country ⓘ perceptions of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Northern California NERFINISHED ⓘ Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationCentury	19th century ⓘ
purpose	to inform national understanding of western territories ⓘ to report findings of western exploring expeditions ⓘ
region	Northern California coast and interior ⓘ Pacific Northwest ⓘ Rocky Mountain West NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	North American West NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeOfExplorationsDescribed	early to mid-19th century ⓘ
usedAs	reference for later explorers ⓘ source for historians of the American West ⓘ

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John C. Frémont → notableWork → Reports of the Exploring Expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and to Oregon and North California ⓘ