Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana : in the year 1852
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Marcy Randolph Barnes (1812-1887) ; McClellan George Brinton (1826-1885) ; États-Unis War department ;
- Editeurs : Washington R. Armstrong, Public Printer ;
- Date d'édition : 1853
- Sujets : Natural history -- Louisiana, Natural history, Red River of Louisiana, United States
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : XV-320 p., : Plates, fold. maps., 23 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : 32d Cong., 2d sess, Senate. Ex. [doc.]., No. 54,
- Fonds spécifique : Jules Marcou
Notes
Another edition (Washington, B. Tucker, 1854) has t-.p. headed: 33d Congress, 1st session, Senate. Executive doc ; Appendixes: A. Meteorology observations.--B. Tables of courses and distances.--C. Mineralogy: Report on the minerals collected, by C.U. Shepard.--D. Geology: Notes upon the specimens of rocks and minerals, by Edward Hitchcock. Remarks upon the general geology of the country traversed, by George G. Shumard.--E. Palæontology: Description of the species of Carboniferous and Cretaceous fossils, by B.F. Shumard.--F. Zoology: Mammals, by R.B. Marcy. Reptiles [and] fishes, by S.F. Baird and C. Girard. Shells, by C.B. Adams and G.G. Shumard. Orthopterous insects, arachnidians, myriapods, by C. Girard.--G. Botany: Description of the plants, by John Torrey.--H. Ethnology: Vocabulary of the Comanches and Wichitas, by R.B. Marcy, with some general remarks by W.W. Turner