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Exploration of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake / Howard Stansbury ; with an introduction by Don D. Fowler.
LIBRA F826 .S73 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Stansbury, Howard, 1806-1863.
- Series:
- Exploring the American West
- Exploring the American West.
- Standardized Title:
- Exploration and survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural history--Utah.
- Natural history.
- Utah--Description and travel.
- Utah.
- Great Salt Lake Region (Utah)--Description and travel.
- Great Salt Lake Region (Utah).
- West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
- West (U.S.).
- United States--Discovery and exploration.
- United States.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 421 pages, 62 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Great Salt Lake.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988.
- Summary:
- Introduction by Don D. Fowler. Stans-bury's report, first published as a congressional docu-ment in 1852, became immediately popular and was reprinted several times in the following years. In it, he provided the first systematic description of the Great Salt Lake region.
- Notes:
- Spine title: Great Salt Lake.
- Reprint. Originally published: Exploration and survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, including a reconnaissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains, 1852. With new introd.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0874748895
- OCLC:
- 17440766
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