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Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah: Including a Reconnoissance of a New Route Through the Rocky Mountains — 1852

 

Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah : Including a Reconnoissance of a New Route Through the Rocky Mountains by Stansbury, Howard


This is the official account of the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers’ mid-19th-century expedition into the Great Salt Lake Valley in what is now Utah. Led by Captain Howard Stansbury, the work documents the 1849–1850 survey of the region’s geography, natural history, waters, and topography, and includes the results of a detailed examination of the valley’s lakes, rivers, and surrounding terrain. The narrative also reports on the expedition’s investigation of a potential new route through the Rocky Mountains, intended to improve westward travel and emigration routes. Published by order of the U.S. Senate in 1852, the volume combines scientific observation, cartography, and travel description and is supplemented with maps, illustrations, and appendices on zoology, botany, and geology contributed by specialists associated with the expedition. 








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