Exploration and survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah
Subtitle: including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains
By: By Howard Stansbury, Captain Corps Topographical Engineers, U.S. Army. Printed by order of the House of Representatives of the United States
Contributors: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887; Birard, Charles Frédéric, 1822-1895; Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880; Torrey, John, 1796-1873; Hall, James, 1811-1898; United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers
Series: Senate ex. doc. / 32d Congress, special session, Senate -- no.3; Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) -- 32d Congress, special session, no.3
Publisher: Robert Armstrong, Public Printer
Published: 1853
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 495
Notes: Includes index.

Published also in 1852, and in 1855 under title: An expedition to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake.

"Appendix C. Zoology. Quadrupeds and birds / by Prof. Spencer F. Baird": 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 paleontology of the country traversed by the expedition": p. <399>-414.

Maps bound separately: Map of the Great Salt Lake, and adjacent country.  Map of the reconnoissance of the country between the Valley of the Great Salt Lake and the Missouri River, at Fort Leavenworth.

Flake, C.J. Mormon bib. 8360.

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Americana/Rare copy 1: Plates in black and white, with some in sepia tone; plate opposite p. 169, 171 in color.  Bound in blind stamped purple cloth; maps have been mounted and bound in a volume 38 x 42 cm. ; gilt stamped title on both volumes.  Some headings for the plates have been trimmed.

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