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, Captain. Corps Topographical Engineers, U.S. Army ...

Description

Corporate Author

United States. Army.

Related Names

Gale, Leonard D. (Leonard Dunnell), 1800-1883.
Hall, James, 1811-1898.
Torrey, John, 1796-1873.
Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880.
Girard, Charles, 1822-1895.
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887.
Stansbury, Howard, 1806-1863.
T.K. & P.G. Collins (Firm)
Lippincott, Grambo & Co.

Language(s)

English

Published

Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1852.

Subjects

Stansbury, Howard, > Stansbury, Howard, / 1806-1863 > Stansbury, Howard, / 1806-1863 / Travel > Stansbury, Howard, / 1806-1863 / Travel / Utah.
Discoveries in geography > Discoveries in geography / American.
Natural history > Natural history / West (U.S.)
Botany > Botany / Utah.
Natural history > Natural history / Utah.
United States > United States / Discovery and exploration
West (U.S.) > West (U.S.) / Discovery and exploration.
Great Salt Lake (Utah) > Great Salt Lake (Utah) / Discovery and exploration.
America > America / Discovery and exploration.
West (U.S.) > West (U.S.) / Description and travel.
Great Salt Lake (Utah)
Récits de voyages.
Gold tooled bindings.
Blind tooled bindings.
Travel writing
Hand coloring.

Summary

Map of the Great Salt Lake and adjacent country in the Territory of Utah ; Surveyed 1849 and 1850 under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert ; Drawn by Lieut. Gunnison and Charles Preus.
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 ... and Albert Carrington ; Drawn by Lieut. Gunnison and Charles Preuss. 173 cm x 76 cm. Museum measurements: 68 x 30 inches.

Note

"Appendix E. Letter from Professor James Hall ... containing observations on the geology and palæontology of the country traversed by the expedition": p. [399]-414.
"Appendix D. Botany. Catalogue of plants collected by the expedition. By Professor John Torrey": p. [381]-397.
"Appendix C. Zoology. Quadrupeds and birds, by Prof. Spencer F. Baird. Reptiles, by Prof. Baird and Chas. Girard. Insects, by Prof. Haldemann": p. [305]-379.
Published also, London and Philadelphia, 1852, under title: An expedition to the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah ...

Physical Description

487 p. front., plates (part fold.) fold. map. 24 cm.

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