Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
by United State War Department
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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1857 RAILROAD Exploration Surveys Indians San Francisco California Fossils RARE
Beginning in 1855, the United States Congress published reports and surveys of certain railroad routes from the Mississippi River westward to the Pacific. This volume from "Reports of Explorations and Surveys" covers the routes through California, particularly those from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Note the impressive collection of illustrations – landscape views, churches, fossils and plants, Indian tribes, and geological plans.
Per Larned,
"Narrative reports of many officers on various routes, giving much information concerning the western country. The publication of the reports being chiefly in the form of original journals, kept day by day, gives them a certain accuracy that might have been lost had the writers more frequently indulged in general descriptions.
This work includes 53 fascinating engraved plates.
Item number: #12300
Price: $599
United State War Department
Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
Washington, Beverly Tucker, etc., 1857.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; volume 7
o Part I – General Report
22, [2]; 41, [1]
8 color, engraved plates
o Part II – Geological Report
204
24 engraved plates
2 folding plates
o Part III – Botanical Report
28
8 engraved plates
o Appendices
116
11 engraved plates
o Conclusion
37, [5]
· References: Larned 421;
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~11.5in X 9.5in (29.5cm x 24cm)
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- 12300
- 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.
- Author
- United State War Department
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight & secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Beverly Tucker, etc.
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1857
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1857 RAILROAD Exploration Surveys Indians San Francisco California Fossils RARE rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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