Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey /

Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : Texas State Historical Association, [1987]
Series:Fred H. and Ella Mae Moore Texas history reprint series.
Subjects:
Boundaries.
Mexican-American border region.
United States > Boundaries > Mexico.
Mexico > Boundaries > United States.
Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexico.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
United States.
United States, Texas > History > 19th century.
Mexico > History.
United States > History.
Table of Contents:
  • v. 1 pt. 1. Personal account. General description of the country. Lower Rio Bravo. From mouth of Devil's river to El Paso del Norte. Sketch of territory acquired by treaty of Dec. 30, 1853. From the 111th meridian of longitude to the Pacific ocean; Report of Lieut. Michler. Astronomical and geodetic work. Meteorology.
  • v. 1. pt. 2. Geological reports of Dr. C.C. Parry and assistant Arthur Schott. Notes by W.H. Emory. Paleontology and geology of the boundary, by James Hall, of Albany, N.Y. Description of the boundary, by James Hall, of Albany, N.Y. Description of cretaceous and tertiary fossils, by T.A. Conrad, esq.
  • v. 2. pt. 1. Botany of the boundary: Introduction by C.C. Parry, M.D. Botany, by John Torrey, M.D. Cactaceae, by George Engelmann, M.D
  • v. 2. pt. 2. Zoology of the boundary: Mammals, by S.F. Baird. Birds, by S.F. Baird. Reptiles, by S.F. Baird. Fishes, by C. Girard.