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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 /

Atlas includes: Map of a reconnoissaince[sic] between Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri River, and the Great Salt Lake on the territory of Utah, made in 1849 and 1850 under orders of Col. J.J. Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau, by Capt. Howard Stansbury ... aided by Lieut. J.W. Gunnison ... an...

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Corporate Authors: United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers., T.K. & P.G. Collins (Firm), (Printer)
Contributors: Stansbury, Howard, 1806-1863., Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887., Girard, Charles, 1822-1895., Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880., Torrey, John, 1796-1873., Hall, James, 1811-1898., Gale, Leonard D. 1800-1883.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1852.
Series:Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 32nd Congress, special session, no. 3.
Subjects and Genres:
Stansbury, Howard, > 1806-1863 > Travel > Utah.
Stansbury, Howard, > 1806-1863.
Natural history > Utah.
Natural history > West (U.S.)
Discoveries in geography > American.
Discoveries in geography.
Natural history.
Travel.
Great Salt Lake (Utah)
Great Salt Lake (Utah) > Discovery and exploration.
West (U.S.) > Description and travel.
West (U.S.) > Discovery and exploration.
United States > Discovery and exploration.
United States.
West United States.
Utah.
Utah > Great Salt Lake.
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Online Access:Internet Archive
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Table of Contents:
  • 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 Professor John Torrey
  • Appendix E.
  • Letter from Professor James Hall, of New York, containing observations on the geology and palŏntology 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 the water of the Great Salt Lake, and other mineral waters and saline substances, collected during the journey
  • Appendix G.
  • Meteorological observations.

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