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| Additional Physical Format: | (OCoLC)191846156 Online version: Marcy, Randolph Barnes, 1812-1887. Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852. Washington : A.O.P. Nicholson, Public Printer, 1854 (OCoLC)609885104 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Randolph B Marcy; George Brinton McClellan; United States. War Department. |
| OCLC Number: | 997283 |
| Notes: | Report submitted by the Secretary of War. |
| Description: | xv, 286 p., [65] p. of plates (1 folded) : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Appendix A. Meteorology observations -- Appendix B. Tables of courses and distances -- Appendix C. Mineralogy: Report on the minerals collected / C.U. Shepard -- Appendix D. Geology: Notes upon the specimens of rocks and minerals / Edward Hitchcock. Remarks upon the general geology of the country traversed / by George G. Shumard -- Appendix E. Palaeontology: Description of the species of Carboniferous and Cretaceous fossils / by B.F. Shumard -- Appendix F. Zoology: Mammals / by R.B. Marcy. Reptiles / by S.F. Baird and C. Girard. Fishes / by S.F. Baird and C. Girard. Shells / by C.B. Adams and G.G. Shumard. Orthopterous insects, arachnidians, myriapods / by C. Girard -- Appendix G. Botany: Description of the plants collected during the expedition / by John Torrey -- Appendix H. Ethnology: Vocabulary of the Comanches and Wichitas / by R.B. Marcy, with some general remarks by W.W. Turner. |
| Series Title: | House document (United States. Congress), no. 33. |
| Responsibility: | by Randolph B. Marcy, Captain Fifth Infantry U.S. Army ; assisted by George B. McClellan, Brevet Captain U.S. Engineers ; with reports on the natural history of the country and numerous illustrations. |
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