Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains
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| Total Pages | : 382 |
| Release | : 1823 |
| ISBN-10 | : PRNC:32101068939998 |
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| Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
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Download or read book Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains written by and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1823 account of a major government sponsored expedition to the Western lands, by steamboat down the Ohio, then up the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, intending to reach Yellowstone. The team's botanist and geologist Edwin James compiled the account from the journals of its commander Maj. Long, Thomas Say and other members of the party. The expedition produced the first scientific data on the flora and fauna of the general area of the Santa Fe Trail.
