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 of topographical engineers, U.S. Army. Printed by order of House of representatives of the United States.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.

Contributor:

Stansbury, Howard, 1806-1863.

Series:

Senate executive document (United States. Congress (32d, special session : March 1851). Senate) ; 32d Congress, special session, no. 3.

[United States. 32d Congress] Special sess., March 1851. Senate Ex. [doc.] ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history--Utah.

Natural history.

Great Salt Lake (Utah).

West (U.S.)--Description and travel.

West (U.S.).

United States--Discovery and exploration.

United States.

Discoveries in geography.

Utah.

Physical Description:

495 pages : frontispiece, plates (part folded) folded map, and atlas of 2 folded maps. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington : R. Armstrong, public printer, 1853.

Notes:

Published also London and Philadelphia, 1852, under title: An expedition to the valley of the Great salt lake of Utah ...

"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.

"Appendix D. Botany. Catalogue of plants collected by the expedition. By Prof. John Torrey": p. [381]-397.

"Appendix E. Letter from Professor James Hall ... containing observations on the geology and palaeontology of the country traversed by the expedition": p. [399]-414.

Contains:

Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887.

Girard, Charles, 1822-1895.

Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880.

Torrey, John, 1796-1873.

Hall, James, 1811-1898.

OCLC:

4337359