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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 ; printed by order of the Senate of the United States.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.
- Series:
- Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 32nd Congress, special session, no. 3.
- [U.S. 32d Cong.] Special sess., March, 1851. Senate executive [doc.] ; no. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stansbury, Howard, 1806-1863--Travel--Utah.
- Stansbury, Howard.
- Great Salt Lake (Utah).
- Great Salt Lake (Utah)--Discovery and exploration.
- Natural history--Utah.
- Natural history.
- Natural history--West (U.S.).
- West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
- West (U.S.).
- West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration.
- Discoveries in geography--American.
- Discoveries in geography.
- United States--Discovery and exploration.
- United States.
- Stansbury, Howard, 1806-1863.
- Travel.
- West United States.
- Utah.
- Utah--Great Salt Lake.
- Genre:
- Gold tooled bindings (Binding)
- Blind tooled bindings (Binding)
- Physical Description:
- 487 pages, 59 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some folded), folded map ; 24 cm + atlas of 2 folded maps
- Other Title:
- Stansbury's expedition to the Great Salt Lake
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1852.
- Summary:
- Atlas includes: Map of a reconnoissaince[sic] between Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri River, and the Great Salt Lake on the territory of Utah, made in 1849 and 1850 under orders of Col. J.J. Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau, by Capt. Howard Stansbury ... aided by Lieut. J.W. Gunnison ... and Albert Carrington ; Drawn by Lieut. Gunnison and Charles Preuss. 173 cm x 76 cm. Museum measurements: 68 x 30 inches.
- Map of the Great Salt Lake and adjacent country in the Territory of Utah ; Surveyed 1849 and 1850 under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert ; Drawn by Lieut. Gunnison and Charles Preus.
- Contents:
- Appendix C. Zoology. Quadrupeds and birds / by Prof. Spencer F. Baird ; Reptiles / by Prof. Baird and Chas. Girard ; Insects / by Prof. Haldemann
- Appendix D. Botany. Catalogue of plants collected by the expedition / by Professor John Torrey
- Appendix E. Letter from Professor James Hall, of New York, containing observations on the geology and palŏntology of the country traversed by the expedition, and notes upon some of the fossils collected on the route
- Appendix F. Letter from L.D. Gale, with a chemical analysis of the water of the Great Salt Lake, and other mineral waters and saline substances, collected during the journey
- Appendix G. Meteorological observations.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- "Printed by T.K. & P.G. Collins"--Title page verso.
- Published also in 1852, 1853, and in 1855 under title: An expedition to the valley of the Great Salt Lake.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives.
- Cited in:
- Sabin, 90372
- Flake, C.J. Mormon bib., 8359
- Fales & Flake, 53
- Other Format:
- Online version: United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers. Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains.
- OCLC:
- 1468130
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