Exploring Desert Stone [electronic resource] : John N. Macomb's 1859 Expedition to the Canyonlands of the Colorado / Steven K. Madsen.
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TextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, c2010. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 273 p., [14] p. of plates :) ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780874217087
- Paleontology -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century
- Canyons -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century
- Scientific expeditions -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century
- Geological surveys -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Geological surveys -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century
- Macomb, J. N. (John N.), 1810 or 11-1889 -- Travel -- Four Corners Region
- United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Discovery and exploration
- Four Corners Region -- Discovery and exploration
- Four Corners Region -- Geography
- 557.92/59 22
- QE79.5 .M33 2010
One folded col. map in pocket inside back cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The story of the Macomb San Juan exploring expedition -- Organizing the expedition -- The expedition -- The expedition's aftermath -- The bones and the map -- Epilogue -- Selected documents of th San Juan exploring expedition -- The camps of the San Juan exploring expedition -- Diary of Charles H. Dimmock -- Topographical memoir of Charles H. Dimmock -- Abridged diary of John S. Newberry -- 1859 letters of John N. Macomb, Jr., to his wife -- Letters of John S. Newberry to Spencer F. Baird -- Letters of Frederick W. von Egloffstein to John N. Macomb, Jr.
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