Preliminary Report concerning Explorations and Surveys principally in Nevada and Arizona

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First edition. Large folding map. 96pp. Large 4to. Wheeler, a veteran explorer and cartographer of the Nevada Territory, was sent back there in 1871 to explore the area extending into Arizona. The large map shows an unusually large portion of the West, including the portion of Nevada south of Battle Mountain and Elko, parts of California including Death Valley, and reaching to San Bernadino and the Sierra Nevada, with a cross-section of Arizona. "First official exploration of this area" (Howes). Wheat Transmississippi 1237; Howes W321 Contemporary green cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, minor wear and spotting, front hinge starting Large folding map. 96pp. Large 4to.

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Preliminary Report concerning Explorations and Surveys principally in Nevada and Arizona

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Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

Fecha de publicación

1872

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Encuadernación de tapa dura

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First edition.

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