Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 : and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-'44 Hardcover - 1845

Washington: Blair and Rives, 1845. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo,.. old pict. paper over boards, calf spine, 583 pages, [23] leaves of plates : (4 missing) (margin trimmed on 3 plates) illustrations, folded maps, [U.S. 28th Cong., 2d sess. House. Ex.], doc. no. 166, CONTENTS:A report on an exploration of the country lying between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains, on the line of the Kansas and Great Platte Rivers. -- Catalogue of plants ... By John Torrey. -- Astronomical observations (p. 99-101). -- A report of the exploring expedition to Oregon and north California. -- Table of distances along the road travelled by the expedition in 1843 and 1844. -- App.A. Geological formations, by James Hall. -- App.B. Organic remains, by James Hall. -- App.C. Notes concerning the plants collected in the second expedition, by John Torrey. -- Astronomical observations made during the expeditions of 1843-'44. -- Meteorological observations, 1843-'44 -- Astronomical observations made during the expedition to the Rocky mountains in the year 1843. -- Meteorological observations [1842]. by Brevet Capt. J.C. Fre´mont of the Topographical Engineers, under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau ... Printed by order of the House of Representatives.bound in colorful floral paper over boards, wear at edges, old calf spine is scuffed, some scattered foxing,.