Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.

1857 RAILROAD Exploration Surveys Indians San Francisco California Fossils RARE

Beginning in 1855, the United States Congress published reports and surveys of certain railroad routes from the Mississippi River westward to the Pacific. This volume from "Reports of Explorations and Surveys" covers the routes through California, particularly those from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Note the impressive collection of illustrations – landscape views, churches, fossils and plants, Indian tribes, and geological plans.

Per Larned,

"Narrative reports of many officers on various routes, giving much information concerning the western country. The publication of the reports being chiefly in the form of original journals, kept day by day, gives them a certain accuracy that might have been lost had the writers more frequently indulged in general descriptions.

This work includes 53 fascinating engraved plates.

Item number: #12300

Price: $599

United State War Department

Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.

Washington, Beverly Tucker, etc., 1857.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages; volume 7

o Part I – General Report

22, [2]; 41, [1]

8 color, engraved plates

o Part II – Geological Report

204

24 engraved plates

2 folding plates

o Part III – Botanical Report

28

8 engraved plates

o Appendices

116

11 engraved plates

o Conclusion

37, [5]

· References: Larned 421;

· Language: English

· Binding: Leather; tight & secure

· Size: ~11.5in X 9.5in (29.5cm x 24cm)

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