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Western America in 1846-1847; the original travel diary of Lieutenant J.W. Abert, who mapped New Mexico for the United States Army. With illus. in color from his sketchbook. Edited by John Galvin.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abert, J. W. (James William), 1820-1897.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abert, J. W. (James William), 1820-1897--Diaries.
- Abert, J. W.
- New Mexico--Description and travel.
- New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico.
- Indians of North America.
- Southwest, New--Discovery and exploration.
- Southwest, New.
- United States--Exploring expeditions.
- Abert, J. W. (James William), 1820-1897.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Travel.
- New Southwest.
- Genre:
- Diaries.
- Physical Description:
- 116 pages illustrations (some color), maps (2 folded, 1 color) 36 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco] J. Howell, 1966.
- Summary:
- Ideas have spurred the way to human progress, from the earliest cave dweller to the latest frontiers of computers and technology. This is a human-scale distillation of the major ideas which have had the greatest impact on our development through the ages. It includes a huge variety of terms including the intimidating, such as post-modernism, structuralism and chaos theory, the unusual, including alchemy, polyphony and parapsychology, while familiar terms such as civilization and beauty are explained anew.
- Contents:
- The travel diary : From Fort Leavenworth to Bent's Fort ; Southward from Bent's Fort to Santa Fe ; From Santa Fe to the old and new placers ; Explorations westward and eastward ; Southward to Valverde and return ; From Santa Fe back to Fort Leavenworth ; Conclusion
- by steamer to Louisville.
- Appendices : Notes concerning animals, birds, and plants ; Notes concerning minerals and fossils ; Order directing Lieut. Abert to continue the first United States survey of New Mexico
- Glossary.
- Notes:
- "A version of Abert's diary of 1846-47 was published as a Congressional document in 1848 [Senate Executive document no. 23 (30th Congress, 1st session) under title: Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, a report and map of the examination of New Mexico, made by Lieutenant J.W. Abert, of the Topographical Corps]."
- "3000 copies designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-112).
- Local Notes:
- From the Michael Novak Collection.
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives.
- OCLC:
- 22
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