1853

United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers

Book

Title: Report of an expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers

By Captain Lorenzo Sitgreaves of the Corps of Topographical Engineers. Senate Executive Doc. 59 printed by Robert Armstrong, public printer. An important contribution to the knowledge of Arizona topography, Indian ethnology, and fauna of the desert southwest, especially Arizona. Contains a report on natural history and a medical report by S.W. Woodhouse; a report on reptiles by E. Hallowell; a report on fishes by S.F. Baird and Charles Girard; and a report on botany by John Torrey. With 78 plates (1 folding), some tinted, and large folding map. Large folding map: "Reconnaissance of the…

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