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Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume IV
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Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume IV. [electronic resource]
Published
Washington, DC, 1855
Physical Description
514 p. : color maps, illustrations, tables.
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Notes
Appendices containing astronomical, magnetic, meteorological and altitude observations follow illustrations appended to botanical reports.
Description of the general botanical collections, by John Torrey, precedes p. 62.
Description of the mosses and liverworts by W.S. Sullivant follows p. 182.
Explanation of the plates follows p. 161.
Field notes and explanations by C.B.R. Kennerly, M.D., immediately precedes p. 6.
General description of the botanical character of the country, by J.M. Bigelow, M.D., immediately follows Kennerly report.
Index to botany follows p. 167.
Publication contains discontinuous pagination.
Report on the zoology of the expedition to explore a route near the thirty-fifth parallel, led by Lieutenant A.W. Whipple, second page before p. 6
Electronic reproduction. Chester, Vt.: NewsBank, inc., 2004. Available via the World Wide Web. Access restricted to Readex U.S. Congressional Serial Set subscribers.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 16, 2012
Series
Ex. doc. / 33rd Congress, 2nd session. House ; no. 91, pt. 4
Subjects
Genre/Form
Executive Department Publications.
Also listed under
United States. War Dept.
United States. War Dept. Topographical Bureau.
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