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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

Title
Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains [electronic resource] : 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.
Publication
Philadelphia : H.C. Carey and I. Lea, 1823 [i.e. 1822-1823]

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Additional Authors
  • James, Edwin, 1797-1861.
  • Say, Thomas, 1787-1834.
  • Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman), 1784-1864.
  • Seymour, Samuel, active 1797-1822.
  • Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885.
  • Childs, Cephas Grier, 1793-1871.
  • Lawson, Alexander, 1773-1846.
  • Kearny, Francis, 1785-1837.
  • Hay, William.
  • Young & Delleker.
Description
1 online resource (2 v.) : ill., maps.
Series Statement
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925
Uniform Title
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925.
Subject
  • Stephen H. Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820)
  • Indians of North America > West (U.S.)
  • Indians of North America > Languages > Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
  • United States > Discovery and exploration
  • West (U.S.) > Description and travel
  • Ohio River > Description and travel
Note
  • The atlas, dated 1822, has title: "Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains performed in the years 1819-20, by order of the Honourable John C. Calhoun Secretary of War. Maps and plates."
  • The maps are drawn by S.H. Long and engraved by Young & Delliker. The signed plates are engraved by C.G. Childs, Alexander, F. Kearny, and W. Hay after S. Seymour, Lawson, and T.R. Peale. One plate is hand-colored.
  • "Astronomical and meteorological records, and vocabularies of Indian languages, taken on the expedition for exploring the Mississippi and its western waters, under the command of Major S.H. Long, of the United States' topographical engineers, in 1819 and 1820"--Lxxxviii p. at end of v. 2, with separate title page, dated 1822.
  • Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress.
  • Atlas: [5] p., [11] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., maps.
OCLC
  • 191254640
  • NCCO2005339
Title
Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains [electronic resource] : 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.
Imprint
Philadelphia : H.C. Carey and I. Lea, 1823 [i.e. 1822-1823]
Series
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925.
Local Note
Reproduced from source library: atlas.
Scanned copy imperfect: atlas, bleed-through of text.
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Added Author
James, Edwin, 1797-1861.
Say, Thomas, 1787-1834.
Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman), 1784-1864.
Seymour, Samuel, active 1797-1822.
Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885.
Childs, Cephas Grier, 1793-1871.
Lawson, Alexander, 1773-1846.
Kearny, Francis, 1785-1837.
Hay, William.
Young & Delleker.
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