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Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852 / by Randolph B. March ; assisted by George B. McClellan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- United States. War Dept.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural history--Louisiana.
- Natural history.
- Natural history--Texas.
- Red River (Tex.-La.).
- United States--Discovery and exploration.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 319 p., [66] leaves of plates ) ill., 2 folded maps ;
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : R. Armstrong, Public printer, 1853.
- Notes:
- At head of title: 32d Congress, 2d Session. Senate. Executive, No. 51.
- "With reports of the natural history of the country, and numerous illustrations."
- Appendixes: A. Meteorology observations. B. Tables of courses and distances. C. Mineralogy: Report on the minerals collected, by C.U. Shepard. D. Geology: Notes upon the specimens of rocks and minerals, by Edward Hitchcock. Remarks upon the general geology of the country traversed, by George G. Shumard. E. Paleontology: Description of the species of Carboniferous and Cretaceous fossils, by B.F. Shumard. F. Zoology: Mammals, by R.B. Marcy. Reptiles [and] fishes, by S.F. Baird and C. Girard. Shells, by C.B. Adams and G.G. Shumard. Orthopterous insects, arachnidians, myriapods, by C. Giard. G. Botany: Description of the plants, by John Torrey. H. Ethnology: Vocabulary of the Comanches and Wichitas, by R.B. Marcy, with some general remarks by W.W. Turner.
- Includes index.
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Sabin no. 44512.
- Cited in:
- RLIN, CTRG97-B1295
- OCLC:
- 85792035
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