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| | • | Botany -- West (U.S.) |
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| | • | California -- Gold discoveries |
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| | • | Northwest, Old -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Eskimos |
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| | • | Franklin, John, -- Sir, -- 1786-1847 |
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| | • | Imprints, Early American To 1820 |
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| | • | Lewis and Clark Expedition -- (1804-1806) |
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| | • | Mississippi River -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Missouri River |
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| | • | Natural history -- Utah |
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| | • | Southwest, New -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Arizona -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Clark, William, -- 1770-1838 |
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| | • | Colorado River |
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| | • | Columbia River Valley |
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| | • | Dakota Indians |
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| | • | Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) |
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| | • | Great Salt Lake (Utah) |
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| | • | Hayden, F. V. -- (Ferdinand Vandeveer), -- 1829-1887 |
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| | • | Indians of North America -- Languages |
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| | • | Manitoba -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Ojibwa Indians |
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| | • | Ouachita River (Ark. and La.) |
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| | • | Paleontology -- West (U.S.) |
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| | • | Palestine -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Voyages and travels |
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| | • | Yukon River and Valley -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Zoology -- West (U.S.) |
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| | • | Amazon River Valley |
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| | • | Amazon River Valley -- Discovery and exploration -- American |
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| | • | Antarctic regions |
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| | • | Armstrong, John, -- 1755-1816 |
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| | • | Astronomy -- Observations |
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| | • | Barrow, Cape |
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| | • | Beltrami, Giacomo Costantino, -- 1779-1855 |
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| | • | Benton, Thomas Hart, -- 1782-1858 |
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| | Book | Save | | 41 | Title: | Report of an expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers
| | | | Creator: | United States Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers. | | | | | Sitgreaves, Lorenzo, d. 1888 | | | | Publication: | B. Tucker, Senate Print, Washington,1854. | | | | Notes: | Contains report on natural history and medical report by S.W. Woodhouse; report on reptiles, by E. Hallowell; report on fishes, by S.F. Baird and Charles Girard, and report on botany, by John Torrey. | | | | Call #: | F58J U58 | | | | Extent: | 198 p. illus. (part col.) map. 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New | Natural history -- Southwest, New | Zuäni River | Colorado River | Arizona -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions
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| Book | Save | | 43 | Title: | Exploration of the valley of the Amazon
| | | | Creator: | Herndon, William Lewis, 1813-1857 | | | | | Gibbon, Lardner. | | | | | United States Navy Dept. | | | | Publication: | R. Armstrong [etc.] Public Printer, Washington,1853-54. | | | | Notes: | Four plates wanting in v. 2. Vol. 1, by Herndon; v. 2, by Gibbon. Imprint of v. 2: Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, public printer. Also issued (Washington, 1854) as House ex. Doc., 33d Cong., 1st sess. | | | | Call #: | F2546 H558E | | | | Extent: | 2 v. illus., 52 pl. (incl. fronts.) 23 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Amazon River Valley | Peru -- Description and travel | Bolivia -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions | Brazil -- Description and travel
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| Book | Save | | 44 | Title: | History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clarke: to the sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains, and down the river Columbia to the Pacific Ocean: performed during the years 1804, 1805, 1806, by order of the government of the United States
| | | | Creator: | Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 | | | | | Clark, William, 1770-1838 | | | | | Allen, Paul, 1775-1826 | | | | | MacVickar, Archibald | | | | Publication: | Harper & brothers, New York,1868. | | | | Notes: | The appendix contains (1) Farther enumeration and description of the quadrupeds, birds, fishes, and plants noticed duing the expedition. (2) Enumeration of Indian nations, and their places of general residence. (3) A summary statement of the rivers, creeks, and most remarkable places, their distances from each other and from the Mississippi, up the Missouri, across the Rocky Mountains, and down the Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, as determined by Captains Lewis and Clarke. | | | | Call #: | F42.5 L61 1868 Vault | | | | Extent: | 2 v. front. (fold. map) 17 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Lewis and Clark Expedition | United States -- Exploring expeditions | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel | Missouri River | Columbia River
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| Book | Save | | 45 | Title: | James's Account of S. H. Long's expedition, 1819-1820
| | | | Creator: | James, Edwin, 1797-1861 | | | | | Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784-1864 | | | | | Say, Thomas, 1787-1834 | | | | Publication: | A. H. Clark, Cleveland, Ohio,1905. | | | | Notes: | Reprint, including facsimile of t.-p., of London edition of 1823 of his "Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820. By order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Maj. S. H. Long ... Comp. from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the party." | | | | Call #: | F42J T548 v.14-17 | | | | Extent: | 4 v. 9 plates, fold. facsim., fold. diagrs. 25 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Indians of North America | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions | Rocky Mountains | Cleveland imprints 1905-
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| Book | Save | | 48 | Title: | Exploratory travels through the western territories of North America: comprising a voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the source of that river, and a journey through the interior of Louisiana, and the north-eastern provinces of New Spain ; performed in the years 1805, 1806, 1807, by order of the government of the United States
| | | | Creator: | Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813 | | | | | Rees, Thomas, 1777-1864 | | | | Publication: | Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London,1811. | | | | Notes: | "This is the standard English edition, prepared under the ... editorship of Dr. Thomas Rees, from a manuscript copy transmitted to England at the time that the original manuscript went to press in America."--Pike, Expeditions; ed. by Coues, 1895. The American edition, Baltimore, 1810, was issued under title: An account of expeditions to the sources of the Mississippi, and through the western parts of Louisiana ... | | | | Call #: | F42J P637 Vault | | | | Extent: | xx, 436 p., [2] p. of plates : maps (1 fold.) ; 30 cm. | | | | Subjects: | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions | Mississippi River -- Description and travel | New Mexico -- Description and travel
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| Book | Save | | 51 | Title: | Tagebuch einer Entdeckungs-Reise durch Nord-America: von der Mèundung des Missouri an bis zum Einfluss der Columbia in den Stillen Ocean, gemacht in den Jahren 1804, 1805 und 1806, auf Befehl der Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten, von den beiden Capitèans Lewis und Clarke
| | | | Creator: | Gass, Patrick, 1771-1870 | | | | | Clark, William, 1770-1838 | | | | | Weyland, Philipp Christoph, 1765-1843 | | | | Publication: | H.S. privil. Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, Weimar,1814. | | | | Notes: | Contains two letters of Capt. Clark. | | | | Call #: | F42.5 G2 1814G Vault | | | | Extent: | x, 362 p. fold. map. 22 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Lewis and Clark Expedition -- (1804-1809) | Indians of North America | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel | Missouri River | United States -- Exploring expeditions
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| Book | Save | | 53 | Title: | Strange genius: the life of Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden
| | | | Creator: | Foster, Mike, 1935- | | | | Publication: | Roberts Rinehart Publishers, Niwot, Colo,c1994. | | | | Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-426) and index. | | | | Call #: | QE22 H414F75 | | | | Extent: | xv, 443 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Hayden, F. V. -- (Ferdinand Vandeveer), -- 1829-1887 | Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) | Geographers -- United States -- Biography | Geologists -- United States -- Biography | Explorers -- United States -- Biography | Geology -- United States -- Surveys | Geographers -- United States -- Biography | United States -- Exploring expeditions
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| Book | Save | | 54 | Title: | The march of the mounted riflemen: first United States military expedition to travel the full length of the Oregon trail from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Vancouver, May to October, 1849, as recorded in the journals of Major Osborne Cross and George Gibbs and the official report of Colonel Loring
| | | | Creator: | Cross, Osborne, 1803-1876 | | | | | Gibbs, George, 1815-1873 | | | | | Loring, William Wing, 1818-1886 | | | | | Settle, Raymond W., 1888- | | | | Publication: | Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale, Calif,1940. | | | | Notes: | Bibliography: p. [351]-357. | | | | Call #: | F42J C898 | | | | Extent: | 380 p. incl. front. (port.) plates, fold. map. 25 cm. | | | | Subjects: | United States. -- Army. -- Pacific Division | Overland journeys to the Pacific | Military bases -- United States | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel | Oregon -- History -- To 1859 | Columbia River Valley | United States -- Exploring expeditions | Oregon Trail
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| Book | Save | | 55 | Title: | Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842: and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-44
| | | | Creator: | Frâemont, John Charles, 1813-1890 | | | | | Torrey, John, 1796-1873 | | | | | Hall, James, 1811-1898 | | | | | United States Army. Corps of Engineers. | | | | Publication: | Blair and Rives, Printers, Washington,1845. | | | | Notes: | The Astronomical and Meteorological observations of the 1842 expedition, which form p. 585-693 of the Senate edition (Senate ex. doc. 174) are not included in this. | | | | Call #: | F42J F872R1 | | | | Extent: | 583 p., [25] p. of plates : ill., maps (some fold.) ; 23 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Paleontology -- Oregon | Botany -- Oregon | Geology -- Oregon | Paleontology -- California | Botany -- California | Geology -- California | Astronomy -- Observations | Meteorology -- Rocky Mountains | United States -- Exploring expeditions | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel | Pacific States -- Description and travel | Rocky Mountains
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| Book | Save | | 56 | Title: | Report of the geological exploration of the fortieth parallel
| | | | Creator: | United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. | | | | | King, Clarence, 1842-1901 | | | | | Hague, Arnold, 1840-1917 | | | | | Emmons, Samuel Franklin, 1841-1911 | | | | | Hague, James D. (James Duncan), 1836-1908 | | | | | Meek, F. B. (Fielding Bradford), 1817-1876 | | | | | Hall, James, 1811-1898 | | | | | Whitfield, Robert Parr, 1828-1910 | | | | Publication: | Government Printing Office, Washington,1870-1880] | | | | Notes: | Each volume has special t.p. Atlases have titles as follows:"Atlas accompanying volume III. Mining industry ...New York, Engraved and printed by Julius Bien" and"Geological and topographical atlas ...1876. Julius Bien,lith." | | | | Call #: | QE74 K5 | | | | Extent: | 7v. : front.(v.1-2) plates, maps, tables. ; 30cm. + | | | | Subjects: | Geology -- United States | Mines and mineral resources -- United States | Paleontology -- United States | Botany -- West (U.S.) | Birds -- United States | United States -- Exploring expeditions | Comstock Lode (Nev.)
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| Book | Save | | 57 | Title: | Message from the President of the United States, communicating discoveries made in exploring the Missouri, Red River, and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and Mr. Dunbar
| | | | Creator: | United States President (1801-1809 : Jefferson) | | | | | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | | | | | Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 | | | | | Sibley, John, 1757-1837 | | | | | Dunbar, William, 1749-1810 | | | | | HunterDr | | | | Publication: | Printed by Hopkins and Seymour, New-York,1806. | | | | Call #: | F42.5 J45 1806B Vault | | | | Extent: | 128 p., [1] fold p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Clark, William, -- 1770-1838 | Lewis and Clark Expedition -- (1804-1806) | Indians of North America | Hot Springs (Ark.) | Ouachita River (Ark. and La.) | United States -- Exploring expeditions | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel | Imprints, Early American To 1820
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| Book | Save | | 58 | Title: | Travels in the interior parts of America: communicating discoveries made in exploring the Missouri, Red river, and Washita
| | | | Creator: | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | | | | | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | | | | | Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 | | | | | Sibley, John, 1757-1837 | | | | | Dunbar, William, 1749-1810 | | | | | HunterDr | | | | Publication: | Printed for R. Phillips by J.G.Barnard, London,1807. | | | | Notes: | Original edition, Washington, 1806, published under title: Message from the President of the United States communicating discoveries made in exploring the Missouri, Red river and Washita ... | | | | Call #: | F42.5 J45 1807 Vault | | | | Extent: | 24, 17-116 p. fold. tab. 22 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Clark, William, -- 1770-1838 | Lewis and Clark Expedition -- (1804-1806) | Indians of North America | Hot springs -- Arkansas | United States -- Exploring expeditions | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel | Ouachita River (Ark. and La.)
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| Book | Save | | 59 | Title: | 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-[6]
| | | | Creator: | United States War Dept. | | | | | Henry, Joseph, 1799-1878 | | | | | Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 | | | | | United States Army. Corps of Engineers. | | | | Publication: | A.O.P. Nicholson, printer [etc.], Washington,1855-60. | | | | Notes: | Vols. I-XI were issued in the Congressional series of U.S. public documents as 33d Cong., 2d sess. House ex. doc. 91, and also as Senate ex. doc. 78. Vol. XI was issued also (1861) as 36th Cong., 2d sess. Senate ex. doc. [no number] Supplement to vol. I (the material of which was published also in vol. XII, book I and book II) was issued in at least three forms: Supplement to vol. I, 1859, W.A. Harris, printer, as 35th Cong., 2d sess. Senate ex. doc. 46--Vol. XII, book I-II, 1860, T.H. Ford, printer, as 36th Cong., 1st sess. House ex. doc. 56, and Senate ex. doc. [no number] The reports of the Pacific railroad surveys were prepared under the direct supervision of the Engineer department. The volumes dealing with the soil, climate, geology, botany and zoology of the regions surveyed were edited and revised by Professors Henry and Baird, of the Smithsonian institution. cf. Ingersoll, Hist. of the War department, 1879, p. 292-293. For further information concerning the publication of the work and a list of serial numbers assigned to the volumes in the Congressional series of documents, see Checklist of United States public documents. 1911, p. 1274-1275. | | | | Call #: | F42J U58R | | | | Extent: | 12 v. in 13. plates (part col., part fold.) maps (part fold.) 30 x 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Pacific railroads -- Explorations and surveys | Natural history -- The West | Indians of North America -- The West | The West -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions
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| Book | Save | | 60 | Title: | Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky mountains: performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, sec'y of war ; under the command of Major Stephen H. Long
| | | | Creator: | James, Edwin, 1797-1861 | | | | | Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784-1864 | | | | | Say, Thomas, 1787-1834 | | | | | Seymour, Samuel | | | | | Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885 | | | | | Delleker, George | | | | | Young, James H. | | | | | Childs, Cephas Grier, 1793-1871 | | | | Publication: | H.C. Carey and I. Lea, Philadelphia,1822-23. | | | | Notes: | Includes index. Atlas dated 1822. "Vocabularies of Indian languages": v. 2, p. [lxix]-lxxxviii. | | | | Call #: | F42J J27 | | | | Extent: | 2 v. : maps, plates ; 25 cm. + | | | | Subjects: | Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) | Indians of North America -- Languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions | Ohio River -- Description and travel
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