Howard Stansbury

An Expedition to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An illustrated account of a two-year surveying expedition to Salt Lake City, published in 1852, including positive comments on Mormonism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 610
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 849g
• ISBN-13: 9781108033367
• ISBN-10: 1108033369
• Artikelnr.: 33784308

Inhaltsangabe

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.