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1Title:  The life of Col. John Charles Fremont: and his narrative of explorations and adventures, in Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon and California    
 Creator:  Frâemont, John Charles, 1813-1890 
 Smucker, Samuel M. (Samuel Mosheim), 1823-1863
 Publication:  Miller, Orton & Mulligan, New York, Auburn,1856. 
 Notes:  The second part was first published as a document in 1843 under title "A report on an exploration of the country lying between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains." In 1845 it was reprinted by Congress in "Report of the exploring expeditions to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-'44. By Brevet Capt. J.C. Fremont". There have been many abridged unofficial reprints of the latter documents, under different titles. 
 Call #:  F42J F871L2 
 Extent:  493 p. front. (port.) plates. 19 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Exploring expeditions | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions
 
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2Title:  Annual report: 1st-12th, 1867-1878    
 Creator:  Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) 
 United States General Land Office.
 United States Dept. of the Interior.
 Publication:  Govt. Print. Off, Washington,1867-1883. 
 Notes:  1st-2d reports originally published in Reports of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1867-68 (HD181.G3) 1st-3d reports reprinted in one volume in 1873 under title: First, second and third annual reports of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories for the years 1867, 1868 and 1869, under the Dept. of the Interior. Title varies: 3d, 1869, Preliminary field report of the United States geological survey of Colorado and New Mexico.--4th, 1870, Preliminary report of the United States geological survey of Wyoming.--5th, 1871, Preliminary report of the United States geological survey of Montana and portions of adjacent territories. 
 Call #:  QE74 H4 
 Extent:  12 v. in 14. : illus., maps (part fold.) + 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Geology -- West (U.S.) | United States -- Exploring expeditions
 
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3Title:  Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana in the year 1852    
 Creator:  United States War Dept. 
 Marcy, Randolph Barnes, 1812-1887
 McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885
 Publication:  B. Tucker, Senate printer, Washington,1854. 
 Notes:  First printed, 1853, as Senate ex. doc. 54, 32d Congress, 2d session. Wanting in this copy: 2 fold, maps and plate: Botany no. xviii. 
 Call #:  F26X R312U 
 Extent:  xv, 310 p. plates. 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Red River of Louisiana | United States -- Exploring expeditions
 
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4Title:  Exploration of the valley of the Amazon: made under the direction of the Navy Department    
 Creator:  Herndon, William Lewis, 1813-1857 
 Gibbon, Lardner.
 United States Navy Dept.
 Publication:  R. Armstrong, Public Printer, Washington,1854. 
 Notes:  Part 1 by Lieut. Herndon; pt. 2 by Lt. Lardner Gibbon. Part 2 has imprint: Washington : A.O.P. Nicholson, Public Printer. Spine title of text vols.: Valley of the Amazon. On cover of text vols.: House document. 
 Call #:  F2546 H558 
 Extent:  2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm. + 
 Subjects:  Amazon River Valley -- Discovery and exploration -- American | United States -- Exploring expeditions
 
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5Title:  Narrative of the United States' expedition to the river Jordan and the Dead Sea    
 Creator:  Lynch, William Francis, 1801-1865 
 Publication:  Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia,1849. 
 Call #:  DS107 L985 
 Extent:  xx, 508 p., [30] p. of plates : ill., fold. maps ; 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Palestine -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions
 
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6Title:  Official report of the United States' expedition to explore the Dead sea and the river Jordan    
 Creator:  Lynch, William Francis, 1801-1865 
 Publication:  John Murphy & co, Baltimore,1852. 
 Call #:  DS107 L987 
 Extent:  235, [1] p. 16 pl., tables, fold. profile. 30 cm. 
 Subjects:  Palestine -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions
 
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7Title:  Report of an examination of the upper Columbia river and the territory in its vicinity in September and October, 1881: to determine its navigability, and adaptability to steamboat transportation    
 Creator:  United States Army. Corps of Engineers. 
 Symons, T. W. (Thomas William), 1849-1920
 Publication:  Govt. Print. Off, Washington,1882. 
 Notes:  Appended is "Map of the upper Columbia river ... 25 sheets and an index sheet. From surveys and examinations made in 1881, by Lieut. Thomas W. Symons ... and Alfred Downing ... Drawn by Alfred Downing." 
 Call #:  P 3989 
 Extent:  133 p. plates, maps. 29 cm. 
 Subjects:  Columbia River Valley | United States -- Exploring expeditions
 
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8Title:  Narrative of the North Polar expedition: U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall commanding    
 Creator:  United States Navy Dept. 
 Hall, Charles Francis, 1821-1871
 Davis, Charles Henry, 1807-1877
 Publication:  Govt. Print. Off, Washington,1876. 
 Notes:  Appendix: Instructions of the National Academy of Sciences.--Correspondence between the British Admiralty and the United States Navy Department in relation to the stores left by the Polaris expedition on the west coast of Greenland.--Journals of Mr. H.C. Chester and Captain Geo. E. Tyson while on boat-journeys, June-July, 1872.--Journals used in the preparation of the Narrative of the Polaris expedition. 
 Call #:  G670 1871 U58N 
 Extent:  1 p. leaf, 696 p. front., illus., plates, port., maps. 27 cm. 
 Subjects:  Polaris (Ship) | Arctic regions | United States -- Exploring expeditions
 
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9Title:  First, second, and third annual reports of the United States geological survey of the territories for the years 1867, 1868, and 1869, under the Department of the Interior    
 Creator:  Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) 
 Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887
 First, second, and third annual reports of the United States geological survey of the territories
 Publication:  Govt. Print. Off, Washington,1873. 
 Notes:  LA1852-206 James A. Garfield bookplate Location: 206.5 top shelf. Reprint of the first three of 12 annual reports of the U. S. Geological and geographical survey of the territories made from 1867-1878 by F. V. Hayden, United States geologist. 
 Call #:  LA1852-206 
 Extent:  4 p.l., [7]-261 p. 
 Subjects:  Geology -- West (U.S.) | Geology -- Colorado | United States -- Exploring expeditions
 
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10Title:  Report of the proceedings of the United States expedition to Lady Franklin Bay, Grinnell Land    
 Creator:  International Polar Expedition 
 Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935
 Publication:  Government Printing Office, Washington,1888. 
 Notes:  At head of title: International Polar Expedition. Issued also as House Misc. Doc. 393, 49th Cong.,1st sess. 
 Call #:  Q115 I61U1 
 Extent:  2 v. : ill.,maps (part fold.) ; 30 cm. 
 Subjects:  Grinnell Land | Lady Franklin Bay | United States -- Exploring expeditions
 
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11Title:  Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey: made under the direction of the secretary of the Interior    
 Creator:  United States Dept. of the Interior. 
 Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887
 Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
 Conrad, Timothy Abbot, 1803-1887
 Englemann, George, 1809-1884
 Hall, James, 1811-1898
 Parry, Charles Christopher, 1823-1890
 Schott, Arthur, 1814-1875
 Publication:  C. Wendell, printer, A. O. P. Nicholson, printer, Washington,1857-1859. 
 Notes:  Each volume in case. 
 Call #:  F57JB U58 
 Extent:  2 v. front., illus., plates (part col.) maps (part fold.) 30 x 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Boundaries -- Mexico | Mexico -- Boundaries -- United States | United States -- Exploring expeditions
 
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12Title:  Notes of a military reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri to San Diego, in California, including part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila rivers    
 Creator:  United States Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers. 
 Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887
 Publication:  Wendell and Van Benthuysen, Washington,1848. 
 Notes:  December 16, 1847, read, and ordered to be printed; and that 1,000 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate. Found also in the Congressional series of public documents, serial no. 505. Published also, with Reports of J. W. Abert and P. St. G. Cooke, and Journal of A. R. Johnston, as House doc. 41, 30th Cong., 1st sess. 
 Call #:  F57J E54 
 Extent:  416 p. maps (3 fold.), plates. 23cm. 
 Subjects:  Southwest, New -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions | New Mexico -- Description and travel
 
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13Title:  Notes of a military reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri to San Diego, in California, including part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila rivers    
 Creator:  United States Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers. 
 Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887
 Publication:  H. Long & Brother, New York,1848. 
 Notes:  Includes only Emory's report, omitting those of Abert, Cooke, and Johnston. 
 Call #:  F57J E54N 
 Extent:  230 p. plates, maps (1 fold.) 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Southwest, New -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions | New Mexico -- Description and travel
 
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14Title:  Preliminary report concerning explorations and surveys, principally in Nevada and Arizona: Prosecuted in accordance with paragraph 2, special orders no. 109, War Department, March 18, 1871, and letter of instructions of March 23, 1871, from Brigadier General A.A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers. Conducted under the immediate direction of 1st Lieut. George M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers. 1871    
 Creator:  United States Army. Corps of Engineers. 
 Wheeler, George M. (George Montague), 1842-1905
 Publication:  Govt. Print. Off, Washington,1872. 
 Notes:  Cover title: Explorations in Nevada and Arizona. Explorations conducted and report prepared by G.M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers. 
 Call #:  F62JC U58 1872 
 Extent:  96 p. fold. map. 30 x 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Nevada -- Description and travel | Arizona -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions
 
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15Title:  Report of the International polar expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska: in response to the resolution of the [U.S.] House of representatives of December 11, 1884    
 Creator:  International Polar Expedition, 1882-1883 
 Ray, Patrick Henry, 1842-1911
 Murdoch, John, 1852-
 Riley, Charles V. (Charles Valentine), 1843-1895
 Gray, Asa, 1810-1888
 Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927
 Schott, Charles A. (Charles Anthony), 1826-1901
 United States Army. Signal Corps.
 Publication:  Govt. Print. Off, Washington,1885. 
 Notes:  Issued also as House ex. doc. 44, 48th Cong., 2d sess. (v. 23, serial no. 2298) Report of Lieut. P.H. Ray, commanding the expedition, to the chief of the United States Signal office. 
 Call #:  Q115 I61U 
 Extent:  2 p. leaves., 3-695 p. : front., plates (part col.) fold. map, plan. ; 80 cm. 
 Subjects:  Barrow, Cape | Alaska -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions
 
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16Title:  The Southwestern expedition of Zebulon M. Pike    
 Creator:  Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813 
 Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880-1959
 Publication:  R.R. Donnelley & sons company, Chicago,1925. 
 Notes:  Includes reproduction of t.-p. of original edition: An account of expeditions to the sources of the Mississippi, and through the western parts of Louisiana, to the sources of the Arkansaw, Kans., La Platte, and Pierre Jaun, rivers; performed by order of the government of the United States during the years 1805, 1806, and 1807. And a tour through the interior parts of New Spain ... By Major Z.M. Pike ... Philadelphia, 1810. "The first portion of the journal treating of his Mississippi trip has been omitted."--Publisher's pref. 
 Call #:  F42J P638 
 Extent:  xxii p., 2 l., 3-239 p. front. (port.) fold. map. 18 cm. 
 Subjects:  West (U.S.) -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions | New Mexico -- Description and travel
 
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17Title:  First through the Grand Canyon: being the record of the pioneer exploration of the Colorado River in 1869-70    
 Creator:  Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 
 Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931
 Publication:  Macmillan, New York,1925, c1915. 
 Notes:  "Major Powell's report on this first exploration of the Colorado River was published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1875. Together with the scientific data appended, it forms a large quarto volume, which is now out of print. The narrative part is here republished without abridgement."--Introd. The original report appeared under title: Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries. 
 Call #:  F58J P88 
 Extent:  320 p. ; 20 cm. 
 Subjects:  Colorado River | Grand Canyon | United States -- Exploring expeditions
 
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18Title:  Along Alaska's great river: A popular account of the travels of the Alaska exploring expedition of 1883, along the great Yukon River, from its source to its mouth, in the British North-west Territory, and in the territory of Alaska    
 Creator:  Schwatka, Frederick, 1849-1892 
 Publication:  Cassell & Company, limited, New York,[c1885] 
 Notes:  An enlarged edition, Philadelphia, 1891, issued under title: A summer in Alaska. 
 Call #:  F68J S410 
 Extent:  360 p. incl. illus., plates, map. front., 2 fold. maps. 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Yukon River and Valley -- Description and travel | Alaska -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions
 
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19Title:  A summer in Alaska: A popular account of the travels of an Alaska exploring expedition along the great Yukon river, from its source to its mouth, in the British Northwest territory, and in the territory of Alaska    
 Creator:  Schwatka, Frederick, 1849-1892 
 Publication:  J. Y. Huber company, Philadelphia,1891. 
 Notes:  Enlarged edition of the author's "Along Alaska's great river". 
 Call #:  F68J S411 
 Extent:  418 p. incl. illus., plates. front., map. 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) -- Description and travel | Alaska -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions
 
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20Title:  A summer in Alaska: a popular account of the travels of an Alaska exploring expedition along the great Yukon River, from its source to its mouth, in the British North-west Territory, and in the territory of Alaska    
 Creator:  Schwatka, Frederick, 1849-1892 
 Publication:  J.W. Henry, St. Louis, Mo,1892, 1891. 
 Notes:  Includes index. 
 Call #:  F68J S412 
 Extent:  418 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., map. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Yukon River and Valley -- Description and travel | Alaska -- Description and travel | United States -- Exploring expeditions
 
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