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Whither the waters : mapping the Great Basin from Bernardo de Miera to John C. Frémont / John L. Kessell.

Van Pelt Library G1382.G73 K4 2017
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Format:
Map/Atlas
Author/Creator:
Kessell, John L., author.
Contributor:
Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
Language:
English
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Miera y Pacheco, Bernardo de.
Cartography.
History.
Travel.
Great Basin--Historical geography--Maps.
Great Basin.
United States--Great Basin.
Miera y Pacheco, Bernardo de--Travel--Great Basin--Maps.
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890--Travel--Great Basin--Maps.
Frémont, John Charles.
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890.
Cartography--Great Basin--History--18th century.
Cartography--Great Basin--History--19th century.
Discoveries in geography.
Historical geography.
Genre:
Atlases.
History.
Maps.
Physical Description:
1 atlas (xi, 102 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Scale differs.
paper
polychrome
Other Title:
Mapping the Great Basin, from Miera (1776) to Frémont (1854)
Mapping the Great Basin from Bernardo de Miera to John C. Frémont
Cartographic Data:
Scale differs.
Place of Publication:
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2017]
Notes:
Relief shown by shading and pictorially.
Appendix One: Transcription of Miera's 1778 Revision (British Library), Text in Spanish (pages 79-84).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-98) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
Other Format:
Online version: Kessell, John L., cartographer. Whither the waters.
ISBN:
9780826358233
0826358233
OCLC:
965437183
Publisher Number:
99976739344

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