The Edwin James letterbook consists of letters to his brother John from 1819 to 1825. The letters chronicle Edwin James's appointment as doctor, geologist, and botanist with Stephen Long's 1820 expedition to the Rocky Mountains. The letters describe ...
Description:
Edwin James (1797-1861), naturalist, specializing in geology, explorer, doctor in the United States Army.
Subject (Geographic):
United States., Fort Crawford (Wis.), Great Plains, Missouri, Ohio River Valley, Prairie du Chien (Wis.), United States, and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
James, Edwin, 1797-1861., James, John, fl. 1797-1825., Reed, Silas, 1807-1886., Long, Stephen H. 1784-1864. (Stephen Harriman),, and Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864.
Subject (Topic):
Geology, Description and travel, and Discovery and exploration
LSF F592 F7: "Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-44" removed and housed separately as BEIN 80 1844A.
Publisher:
Gales and Seaton, Printers
Subject (Geographic):
United States, West (U.S.), Pacific States., and Rocky Mountains.
Subject (Topic):
Exploring expeditions, Description and travel, Geology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology
A coat of arms divided into quadrants. Two of the quadrants contain two lions that are surrounded by a border featuring twelve scallop shells; the other two quadrants are of a checkerboard-style design. At the crest are two images—to the left, a dra...
A coat of arms divided into quadrants. Two of the quadrants contain a pair of lions that are surrounded by a border featuring twelve scallop shells; the other two quadrants are of a checkerboard-style design. At the helm, surrounded by mantling, is a ...
Wonders of geology, Familiar exposition of geological phenomena, and Dr. Mantell's Wonders of geology
Description:
BEIN Purdy 128: Thomas Hardy's copy. Bookplate: From the library of Thomas Hardy, O.M., Max Gate. Signature in ms. pasted on front pastedown of each vol.: Thomas Hardy, April, 1858. Binder's ticket: Bound by Westley's & Co., Friar Street, London. Impe...
Wonders of geology, Familiar exposition of geological phenomena, and Dr. Mantell's Wonders of geology
Description:
BEIN Purdy 128: Thomas Hardy's copy. Bookplate: From the library of Thomas Hardy, O.M., Max Gate. Signature in ms. pasted on front pastedown of each vol.: Thomas Hardy, April, 1858. Binder's ticket: Bound by Westley's & Co., Friar Street, London. Impe...