Reports of Exploration and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, made under the Direction of the Secretary of War in 1853-4, volume IV
Published by . Washington, House of Representatives, 1856, First edition, House issue.
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Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, CanadaHorizon Books
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4to [30 x 24 cm]; vii, 193; 288 pp, 59 lithographed and engraved botanical plates (complete), including 24 of cactii, 10 of mosses, index to each part, large folding hand colored chart showing vegetation cross-sections. later cloth with printed title label on spine, light stain on margin of title, but overall clean, solid very good condition. Hasse 62. The surveys to produce a national railroad provided some of the most important natural history, geographical and ethnological information that has ever been made available and resulted in the important 12 volume set, of which this is volume IV, complete in itself. It consists of a report on the botany of the expedition, soil and productions along the route by J. M. Bigelow, cactaceae by George Englemann and J. M. Bigelow, descriptions by famous botanist John Torrey, mosses by W. S. Sullivant. and report on the zoology of the expedition. Wagner Camp Becker 263a. A picture of this book is available on request.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Reports of Exploration and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, made under the Direction of the Secretary of War in 1853-4, volume IV
- Author
- WHIPPLE, A. W., J. C. Ives, J. M. Bigelow, George Englemann, etc;
- Publisher
- . Washington, House of Representatives, 1856, First edition, House issue.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller catalogs
- Travel - North America
Horizon Books
Toronto, ON, Canada
AbeBooks seller since April 18, 1998
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