Sitgreaves, Lorenzo, Capt.:

$900 · Offered by William Reese Company

REPORT OF AN EXPEDITION DOWN THE ZUNI AND COLORADO RIVERS. Second printing, with the same collation, plates, and maps as the first printing of the previous year, but with plates 10, 11, 14, and 16 re-engraved and the misnumbering of the reptile plates corrected. Sitgreaves and his party traversed the country from northern New Mexico to San Diego in the summer and fall of 1851, crossing northern Arizona and descending the Colorado to Yuma before crossing the desert. This report is notable for its many lithographic plates of scenes along the route, as well as of flora and fauna, and its large map. Of the latter Wheat remarks: "a monumental achievement...generally correct and exceedingly well done." Natural history specimens were described by John Torrey.

• Printing: first

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