Expedition to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah - Including a Description of Its Geography, Natural History Minerals,

Klappentext An illustrated account of a two-year surveying expedition to Salt Lake City! published in 1852! including positive comments on Mormonism. Zusammenfassung Howard Stansbury (1806–63) was a major in the United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers. This book, published in 1852, is his illustrated account of a two-year scientific and surveying expedition he led to Salt Lake City. He also describes his favourable impressions of the Mormons he encountered there. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. From Fort Leavenworth to Fort Kearny; 2. From Fort Kearny to Fort Laramie; 3. From Fort Laramie to Fort Bridger; 4. From Fort Bridger to the City of the Great Salt Lake; 5. Reconnoissance from Salt Lake City to Fort Hall; 6. Reconnoissance of the Western shores of the Great Salt Lake; 7. Suspension of the survey for 1849; 8. Survey of Salt Lake; 9. Departure from Great Salt Lake City; Appendix A. Tables of measured distances; Appendix B. Latitudes and longitudes of the principal triangulation stations; Appendix C. Zoology; Appendix D. Botany; Appendix E. Geology and palaeontology; Appendix F. Chemical analysis; Appendix G. Meteorological observations; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Howard Stansbury, Stansbury Howard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2011
• EAN: 9781108033367
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03336-7
• No. of pages: 610
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - North American History
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Utah, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Historical Geography, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of the Americas, Historical Geography