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The natural history of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820) / Howard Ensign Evans.
Van Pelt Library QH104.5.W4 E93 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Evans, Howard Ensign.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural history--West (U.S.).
- Natural history.
- West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
- West (U.S.).
- Stephen H. Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820).
- Stephen H. Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 268 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- Evans offers a colorful history of the expedition of Major Stephen H. Long--the first scientific exploration of the Louisiana Territory to be accompanied by trained naturalists and artists. This exciting chronicle includes beautiful illustrations by artists Titian Peale and Samuel Seymour, along with firsthand accounts from naturalists Edwin James and Thomas Say. 45 halftones.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-254) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195111842
- 0195111850
- OCLC:
- 34912815
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