Name: Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-[6] . Vol. 5

Barcode: 13948

Image Number: 13948

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/13948.0001

Alternative Title: Pacific Railroad Surveys

Bound Atlas: No

Publishing Location: Washington D.C.

Notes: Volume 5. Vols. I-XI were issued in the Congressional series of U.S. public documents as 33d Cong., 2d sess. House ex. doc. 91, and also as Senate ex. doc. 78. Vol. XI was issued also (1861) as 36th Cong., 2d sess. Senate ex. doc. [no number] The reports of the Pacific railroad surveys were prepared under the direct supervision of the Engineer department. The volumes dealing with the soil, climate, geology, botany and zoology of the regions surveyed were edited and revised by Professors Henry and Baird, of the Smithsonian institution. cf. Ingersoll, Hist. of the War department, 1879.

Author: United States. War Department

Date Produced: 1855

Language: English

Physical Description: 11 volumes: plates (part colored, part folded) maps (part folded)

LC Call Number: F593 .U58 1855

OCLC: 39314047

Accession Number: SM-1855-12.5

Donor: Smith

Subjects: BotanyCaliforniaGeologyOregonPaleontologyWestward expansion