Exploration And Survey Of The Valley Of The Great Salt Lake Of Utah, Including A Reconnoissance Of A New Route Through The Rocky Mountains (First Edition)
by Stansbury, Howard
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Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1852; Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States; Senate, Special Session, March 1851, Executive No. 3. First edition.. 23.0 x 15.0cms, 487pp, b/w illusts, frontis., very good hardback, leather bound with brown & grey boards, green, light & brown spine with gilt text, some staining to boards & spine. Includes all illustrations but the two folded maps are missing. This is the first extensive survey of the Great Basin, and a major landmark in the cartography of the American West. "Captain Stansbury, commanded the detachment of the Army's topographical engineers which was directed in 1849 to explore and report on the Great Salt Lake Basin. Of particular interest were the newly established Mormon settlements, and the routes and passes through the Rockies for emigrants and possibly a railroad."---Wagner-Camp 219:1.
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- Exploration And Survey Of The Valley Of The Great Salt Lake Of Utah, Including A Reconnoissance Of A New Route Through The Rocky Mountains (First Edition)
- Author
- Stansbury, Howard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1852; Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States; Senate, Special Session, March 1851, Executi
- Keywords
- Cartography America West American Utah Mountains Exploration reconnaissance
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We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
Our shop is in Sydney's legendary Kings Cross, which provided alternatives to Australia's normalities and suburbia for 80 years. Colloquially known as The Cross, this name signifies Antipodean bohemia, street gangs and a famous red light district.
We buy quality books on the visual arts, architecture & design. We do not sell any children's books, cooking books, novels or self-help books. Five minutes walk from Kings Cross station, we are open between 10 – 6, every day of the week.
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