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Title(s)
Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains : performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War ; under the command of Major Stephen H. Long : from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the exploring party / compiled by Edwin James, botanist and geologist for the expedition ; in two vols., with an atlas.
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Additional Title(s)
Major Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains
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Published/Created
Philadelphia : H.C. Carey and I. Lea, Chesnut St., 1822-1823.
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Physical Description
3 volumes ; 25-30 cm
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
F592 .J36 1822 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full Alma Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Spine title, on publisher's printed labels: Major Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains.
Engravings by Young & Delleker, Cephas Grien Childs, Alexander Lawson, Francis Kearney, and William Hay; after Stephen H. Long, Samuel Seymour and Titian Ramsay Peale.
Some maps on double leaves.
Text and atlas in slipcase.
BEIN: Bookplate of Joseph Y. Jeanes.
GEO: Atlas wanting, no slipcase.
BAC: British Art Center copy complete with atlas. Bound in publisher's original tan boards. Inscribed: Maine Charity School from Mrs. Lord. -
Subject Terms
Discoveries in geography. | Geology -- West (U.S.) | Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. | Indians of North America -- Languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. | Indians of North America. | Jeanes, Joseph Y. -- Bookplate. | Lord, Mrs. -- Pres. insc. from Maine Charity School. | Maine Charity School -- Pres. insc. from Mrs. Lord. | Missouri River -- Discovery and exploration. | Ohio River -- Discovery and exploration. | United States -- Discovery and exploration. | West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.
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Form/Genre
Engravings -- 1822-1823. | Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1822-1823. | Maps. | Steel engravings -- 1822-1823.
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