Diary of a journey from the Mississippi to the coasts of the Pacific with a United States government expedition / by Baldwin Möllhausen, topographical draughtsman and naturalist to the expedition ... ; translated by Mrs. Percy Sinnett
2 v., [20] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. (some col.), 1 map ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
West (U.S.)
United States
Date:
1858
1848-1860
Notes:
Translation of: Tagebuch einer Reise vom Mississippi nach den Küsten der Südsee.
"Mollhausen was the artist and topographer accompanying the party led by Lieutenant Amiel Weeks Whipple in the Pacific Railroad Survey Explorations of the thiry-fifth parallel in 1853"--Wagner-Camp.
"With an introduction by Alexander von Humboldt and illustrations in chromo-lithography."
Illustrations signed: Hanhart chromo lith.; map engraved by Edward Weller.
