An expedition to the valley of the Great salt lake of Utah: including a description of its geography, natural history, and minerals, and an analysis of its waters; with an authentic account of the Mormon settlement ... Also, a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky mountains, and two large and accurate maps of that region./ By Howard Stansbury, captain, Corps topographical engineers, United States Army.

Notes:

L. C. copy incomplete: Atlas wanting., Published also Philadelphia, 1852, and Washington, 1853, as Senate ex. doc. no.3, 32d Congress, special session, March, 1851, under title: Exploration and survey of valley of Great salt lake of Utah ..., "Appendix C. Zooloogy. Quadrupeds and birds, by Prof. Spencer F. Baird. Reptitles, by Prof. Baird and Chas. Girard. Insects, by Prof. Haldeman": p.[305]-379., "Appendix D. Botany. Catalogue of plants collected by the expedition. By Professor John Torrey": p.[381]-397., "Appendix E. Letter from Professor James Hall ... containing observations on the geology and palæontology of the country traversed by the expediton": p. [399]-414., Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Digital Library Initiatives, 1996. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. [Making of America] This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation., and Folded map in text lacking.

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University of Michigan. Libraries

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Philadelphia,: Lippincott, Grambo, and co., and Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Library

Subject Topic:

Natural history -- Utah., Great Salt Lake (Utah), West (U.S.) -- Description and travel, and United States -- Discovery and exploration

Language:

eng

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