Report of explorations across the Great Basin of the territory of Utah : for a direct wagon-route from Camp Floyd to Genoa in Carson Valley in 1859

By

Simpson, J. H. (James Hervey), 1813-1883
Engelmann, Henry, 1831-1889
Meek, F. B. (Fielding Bradford), 1817-1876
McCarthy, Charles S. , collector
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Gill, Theodore, 1837-1914
Hurt, Garland, 1819-1903
Engelmann, George, 1809-1884
Kern, Edward Meyer, 1823-1863

United States. Army.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Washington D.C, G.P.O, 1876

Notes

At head of title: Engineer Department, U.S. Army.

Errata sheet tipped in.

Contents: Letter of transmittal. Report and journal / [J.H. Simpson] -- Appendix A[-C.] Itinerary of Capt. J.H. Simpson's ... route ... -- Appendix D. Astronomical observations and table of geographical positions of the most important points of Capt. J.H. Simpson's routes ... -- Appendix E. Barometrical profiles of routes, prefaced by a discussion of the subject and of the climate, with the necessary tables and five diagrams / by Henry Engelmann -- Appendix F. Table of distances, altitudes, and grades of routes -- Appendix G. Estimates of appropriations required to improve the routes

Contents: (Cont.) Appendix H. Magnetic dip, declination, and intensity at various points of Capt. J.H. Simpson's routes, prefaced by a discussion of the subject, with a plate and the necessary tables -- Appendix HH. Railroad-routes from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean -- Appendix I. Geological report of country from Fort Leavenworth to the Sierra Nevada / by Henry Engelmann -- Appendix J. Paleontological report of the same country / by F.B. Meek -- Appendix K. List of birds collected on the expedition by Charles S. McCarthy, taxidermist, and classified by Spencer F. Baird, of the Smithsonian Institution

Contents: (Cont.) Appendix L. Ichthyology of the expedition / by Theodore Gill, of the Smithsonian Institution -- Appendix M. Botany of the expedition / by George Engelmann -- Appendix N.A memoir on the population, resources, etc., of Eastern Utah / by Garland Hurt -- Appendix O.A memoir on the Indians of Utah Territory / by Garland Hurt -- A comparative vocabulary of the languages of the Indians inhabiting Utah and the east slope of the Sierra Nevada, prefaced by a discussion of the subject -- Appendix Q. The journal of Mr. Edward M. Kern of his explorations of the Mary's or Humboldt River, Carson and Owen Lakes, etc., under Capt. John C. Frémont, Corps Topographical Engineers, in 1845, not before published

Subjects

Descriptions et voyages , Discoveries in geography , Discovery and exploration , États-Unis , Geologie , Geology , Natural history , Sciences naturelles , Utah , Utah (États-Unis)

BHL Collections

Engelmann Herbarium

Call Number

F826 .U56 1876

Classification

917.9

Language

English

Identifiers

LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/rc28000007
NAL: 407 Si5
OCLC: 13372074