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Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah : including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains / by Howard Stansbury.

Author/creator United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoWashington [D.C.] : R. Armstrong, public printer, 1853.
Description495 p., [59] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., fold. map. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorStansbury, Howard, 1806-1863.
Other author/creatorBaird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887.
Other author/creatorGirard, Charles, 1822-1895.
Other author/creatorHaldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880.
Other author/creatorTorrey, John, 1796-1873.
Other author/creatorHall, James, 1811-1898.
Other author/creatorUnited States. Congress. House.
Series Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Partial contents Appendix A. Table of distances measured along the route travelled by the expedition in 1849 -- Appendix B. Latitudes and longitudes of the principal triangulation stations ; Tabulation of the triangles developed in the survey of the Great Salt Lake ; and, Table of geographical positions -- Appendix C. Zoology ; Quadrupeds and birds, by Prof. Spencer F. Baird ; Reptiles, by Prof. Baird and Chas. Girard ; Insects, by Prof. Haldemann -- Appendix D. Botany ; Catalogue of plants collected by the expedition / by John Torrey -- Appendix E. Letter from Professor James Hall of New York containing observations on the geology and palaeontology of the country traversed by the expedition and notes upon some of the fossils collected on the route -- Appendix F. Letter from L.D. Gale with a chemical analysis of th water of the Great Salt Lake and other mineral waters an saline substances, collected during the journey.
Local noteTravel; Science.
Local note2011AE32400.
Local noteTravel; Science.
Local note2011AE32400.
General note"Printed by order of House of Representatives of the United States."
General notePublished also London and Philadelphia, 1852, under title: An expedition to the valley of the Great salt lake of Utah ...
General note"Appendix C. Zoology. Quadrupeds and birds, by Prof. Spencer F. Baird. Reptiles, by Prof. Baird and Chas. Girard. Insects, by Prof. Haldeman": p. [305]-379.
General note"Appendix D. Botany. Catalogue of plants collected by the expedition. By Prof. John Torrey": p. [381]-397.
General note"Appendix E. Letter from Professor James Hall ... containing observations on the geology and palaeontology of the country traversed by the expedition": p. [399]-414.
General noteReport submitted to the U.S. Bureau of Topographical Engineers.
General noteIncludes index.
General noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 90372.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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