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 |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Washington [D.C.] : R. Armstrong, public printer, 1853. |
| Description | 495 p., [59] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., fold. map. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Stansbury, Howard, 1806-1863. |
| Other author/creator | Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887. |
| Other author/creator | Girard, Charles, 1822-1895. |
| Other author/creator | Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880. |
| Other author/creator | Torrey, John, 1796-1873. |
| Other author/creator | Hall, James, 1811-1898. |
| Other author/creator | United States. Congress. House. |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 [United States 32d Cong.] Special session., March 1851. Senate. Executive. [doc.] ; no. 3 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. |
| 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 note | Travel; Science. |
| Local note | 2011AE32400. |
| General note | "Printed by order of House of Representatives of the United States." |
| General note | Published 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 note | Report submitted to the U.S. Bureau of Topographical Engineers. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society. |
| General note | Sabin no. 90372. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic 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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