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Annual Report Upon the Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian - Hardcover
- PublisherFranklin Classics
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 0342079174
- ISBN 13 9780342079179
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages102
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Annual Report Upon the Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian 1875 Upon the Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, in California, Nevada, Nebraska, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Montana
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 1875. 921-1108. Illustrated with 9 engraved plates, and two large folding maps (partly colored "Progress Map, 1875", indicating quadrants examined by the Wheeler Survey ( a 23 by 19.5 inch) and a triangulation map of Colorado (24 by 17.5 inches). Bound in plain brown cloth boards with titles present to the front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (crown of the spine chipped, heel of the spine chipped and heavily bumped). Previous owner's bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This is a fully complete bound extract from the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, detailing the work of Wheeler and his assistants in surveying the geography and natural history of the west. Besides geographical pursuits, aspects of the report consider geology, botany, ethnology and ornithology. Other important chapters describe rocks and minerals (turquoise, garnets, etc. ) in southern Colorado and New Mexico, birds of Arizona, and Native American ruins in New Mexico. EB; 9.2 X 6.1 X 0.3 inches; 102 pages. Seller Inventory # 59513
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