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Report upon the Colorado River of the West : explored in 1857 and 1858 / by Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives, under the direction of the Office of explorations and surveys, A. A. Humphreys, Captain Topographical Engineers, in charge ; By order of the Secretary of War.
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- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
- Series:
- United States 36th Cong., 1st sess. Senate. Ex. doc.
- [United States] 36th Cong., 1st sess. Senate. Ex. doc.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geology--Rocky Mountains.
- Geology.
- Botany--Rocky Mountains.
- Botany.
- Birds--Rocky Mountains.
- Birds.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico).
- Southwest, New--Description and travel.
- Southwest, New.
- New Southwest.
- United States--Discovery and exploration.
- United States.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Rocky Mountains.
- Physical Description:
- 366 pages in various pagings, 33 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), 2 folded maps ; 30 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Govt. Print. Off., 1861.
- Contents:
- Pt. 1. General report.
- pt. 2. Hydrographic report.
- pt. 3. Geological report. By J. S. Newberry.
- pt. 4. Botany. By Professors Gray, Torrey, Thurber, and Dr. Engelmann.
- pt. 5. Zoology. By S. F. Baird.
- Appendices [A.-D.]
- Notes:
- Also issued as House Executive document 90.
- Publisher's illustrated cloth in gilt and blind. Emblem of the U.S. in blind on lower cover.
- Wagner-Camp 375 (note); Sabin 35308.
- OCLC:
- 19544437
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