Title
Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey :made under the direction of the secretary of the Interior
Title Variants
Abbreviated:
Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound
Alternative:
Report on the U. States and Mexican boundary
Alternative:
Report on the United States and Mexican boundary
Alternative:
United States and Mexican boundary survey
Related Titles
Series:
34th Cong., 1st sess. House. Ex doc. 135
Series:
Ex. doc. (United States. Congress. House), 34th Congress, 1st session, no. 135
By
United States. Department of the Interior,
, commissioning body
United States. Department of the Interior.
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Conrad, T. A. (Timothy Abbott), 1803-1877
Wendell, Cornelius, 1813-1870
, publisher, printer
Emory, William H. 1811-1887
Smillie, James David, 1833-1909
, engraver
Englemann, George, 1809-1884
Girard, Charles, 1822-1895
Engelmann, George, 1809-1884
, author
Hall, James, 1811-1898
Parry, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1823-1890
Michler, N. (Nathaniel), 1827-1881
, author
Schott, Arthur, 1814-1875
Torrey, John, 1796-1873
United States. Department of the Interior. Office of the Secretary,
, commissioning body
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Washington, C. Wendell, printer, 1857-59
Notes
Profusely illustrated with engravings, wood engravings, and lithographs.
Volume 1 has frontispiece drawn by Arthur Schott and engraved by James D. Smillie.
Also issued as: Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 34th Congress, 1st session, no. 108 (with imprint: Washington : A.O.P. Nicholson, printer, 1857-1859).
Contents: v. 1, part 1. | Personal account -- | General description of the country -- | Lower Rio Bravo | From mouth of Devil's River to El Paso del Norte -- | Sketch of territory acquired by treaty on Dec. 30, 1853 -- | From the 111th meridian of longitude to the Pacific Ocean -- | Report of Lieutenant Michler -- | Astronomical and geodetic work -- | Meteorology -- | v. 1, part 2. | Geological reports of Dr. C.C. Parry and assistant Arthur Schott -- | Notes by W.H. Emory -- | Palaeontology and geology of the boundary / | by James Hall -- | Description of cretaceous and tertiary fossils / | by T.A. Conrad -- | v. 2, part 1. | Botany of the boundary. | Introduction / | by C.C. Parry -- Botany / | by John Torrey -- | Cactacea / | by George Engelmann -- | v. 2, part 2. | Zoology of the boundary. | Mammals / | by S.F. Baird -- | Birds / | by S.F. Baird -- | Reptiles / | by S.F. Baird -- | Fishes / | by C. Girard.
Wagner-Camp (4th ed.), | 291, 1859
Howes, W. U.S.iana (2nd ed.), | E146
Subjects
Botany
,
Boundaries
,
Discoveries in geography
,
Discovery and exploration
,
ESTADOS UNIDOS
,
Geology
,
Mexican-American Border Region
,
Mexico
,
Natural history
,
New Southwest
,
North America
,
Plants
,
Rio Grande
,
Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
,
Southwest, New
,
United States
,
Zoologia
,
Zoology
BHL Collections
Engelmann Herbarium
Call Number
F786.U45 1857-59
Classification
570.97
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.213
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/01004135
OCLC:
2338704
TL2:
NEW
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51430742
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