Report Upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian Vol. VI Botany

Wheeler, Geo. M.

Verlag: Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1878

Beschreibung

Brown government cloth binding with gilt title on spine. Light rubbing to boards with lightly bumped corners. Spine is faded and gilt is mostly gone. Light chipping at head of spine. Binding is tight with slight loosening at front; interior is clean. These very heavy reports typically are wrecks after 142 years. The Wheeler Survey was one of the four major western surveys. 1872 the United States Congress passed legislation to authorize and fund the mapping of the portion of the United States west of the 100th meridian at a scale of 8 miles to the inch. This plan became known as the Wheeler Survey. The survey's main goal was to make topographic maps of the southwestern United States plus Wheeler was to document everything related to the physical features of the region, to discover the habits, and disposition of Indians in the survey area, select potential sites for future military installations and determine locations for railroads or wagon roads. The survey was also tasked with noting and recording mineral resources, the climate, geology, vegetation, water sources, and the potential for agriculture. Volume six focused on the Botany of the surveyed lands and includes the stunning chromolithograph frontis, and all the beautiful botanical line drawings as called for. Plates in fine condition. A beautiful copy of a remarkable government report. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 404 pp. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 021288

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Report Upon United States Geographical ...

Verlag: Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1878

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: First Edition.