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Title:
Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and 1820 : by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Maj. S.H. Long, of the U.S. Top. Engineers : compiled from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the party / by Edwin James, botanist and geologist to the expedition ; in three volumes.
Alternate Title(s):
Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1823.
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 650
Subject Terms:
Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) | Geology -- West (U.S.) | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. | United States -- Exploring expeditions. | Ohio River -- Description and travel. | Rocky Mountains -- Description and travel.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- 1823. | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1823.
Contributors:
James, Edwin, 1797–1861. | Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784–1864. | Say, Thomas, 1787–1834. | United States. War Department. | Seymour, Samuel, active 1797–1822, ill. | Clark, J., engraver. | Hall, Sidney, engraver. | A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer. | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, publisher.