The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-05-02

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We publish slscNlhGe e0ne tltersstiag
payticnlArg Of seyernI exPlqeing md sciqp-
ti6c expeditions in yarlOte parts oE the
world. The most impottellt of thee y the
one recently Atted oue Ak< yieeEoy 81
Egypt, to- 6isooser The eenlcs ~ the Whits
Nile. N connection with tho resent disc0y>s
cries Of Dr.. Livingstono, 4 may remit %
the developement q the whole RIVER and
lake systesh q the AfSiean scoAtideat. Ahe
other expeditions are tnose proposed IN Bra
I'll to explore the tlasef,0f of 60uth America,
apd in Austfia TO :suTvsy tho lsiends 0t tho
north PAsi6c. Let ~ hope that whetl the
results Of these eEpeditione are PubllsAed,
correct reliable maps will Be given 70 the
public. ass $ .ss,.. 8. &,
No country p The wn!lA - ben aoing
msEs = ~ NAy - ekreeen - stha.A saF
own. None cam gam more ~ =, tor ye
have vast territory beyond the Mlssissippi,
washed by the waters o. the racine, haMked
~. magniAssnt mountains and irrigated ~
noble rivera containing basins and plaaeans
Of measureless fertility, and blessed with
healthful and nvigofating climates. VI
ult these however, We hnve yet much more to
learn, for the maps We have, even thOss for
the Typographical department Of tho gos-
ernment arc exceeedingiy incorrect. Our
mountain system is - ~ almost unknown,
although in inassiyeness i exceeds TINT Of
Europe and Asia combined. Let us endeav- :,
or to convey some idea Of how our maps
must be corrected, IN order TO givc = c0r-
rect idea OF the interior OF our continent.
Beginning ct the lsthmus Of Tehumtapec,
we have the great t'range OF the Sierra Alsdre
or Rocky Mountains, continuation Of the
Cordilleras, reaching north to the Arctic
ocean, the entire range reaching the eastern
plains, and having high elevation. Next,
we have the Sierra Nevada or Andes begin
ming at the same point, facing the Paciic
and extending to Behring's Straits . distance
Of !, 500 miles. These ranges are the two
Cordilleras Of the north. Between these We
have subordinate and Intermediate noun
tains connecting them by cross ranges
For example, we have lowest down the
mountains OF Queretaro running northeast
by north, connecting the two great ranges;
next, north OF these mountains Of the kio
Florida, with parallel range, enclosing the
Balson de Maimi; next, the Sierra Ahmbres,
the foggy mountains, 2,5O0 miles N length,
and running northwardly; next, three large
spurs in the Colorado country, yet uncx-
piored with any accuracy, the lowest OF
these found at the pass Of the kio del N0rte;
next, the Sierra Wasatch range chain
running transversely, and connecting the
Sierra Madre and the Sierra Nevada, which
are partly explored. Next above, we have
the Snake River mountains, uniting with
the Sierra Madre at an angle Of 10 degrees.
At the point Of union ~ found the pass Of
the Gros Ventre. Beyond these, again, are
the Blue mountains, still connecting the
same two great ranges. The next, to the
northwest, are the Olympian mountains,
which, with those OF the Snake river, en-
close the basin Of the Columbia river. The
river del Norte gorges the Sierra Madre to
the Atlantic; the Colorado gorges the Andes
to the Gulf Of California; the Snake river
and the Columbia, 70 which the former Is .
tributary, pierce the Andes TO the north
Pacific, at about the 4oth degree OF north
latitude.
In all the maps now existing the topo-
graphy OF these mountans is given in the
most incorrect manner; indeed, many OF
them have no place on them at oil. In the
map which emenated from the topograph-
ical department Of tho government in 1880,
and is considered one OF the best authority,
the Sierra Madre is quite left out.
These facts are rather startling, and show
on what small and limited capital our
grandiloquent lecturers ana statesmen are
doing business. It would almost seem ~
If our government took no further interest