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Filed under: United States -- Exploring expeditions The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (University of Nebraska Press, 1983), by Thomas W. Dunlay, Gary E. Moulton, William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, American Philosophical Society, and University of Nebraska--Lincoln. Center for Great Plains Studies (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) The daring adventures of Kit Carson and Fremont, among buffaloes, grizzlies and Indians, being a spirited diary of the most difficult and wonderful explorations ever made, opening ... the great pathway to the Pacific. (Worthington, 1888), by John Charles Frémont (page images at HathiTrust) Exploration of the valley of the Amazon, made under direction of the Navy department (R. Armstrong [etc.] public printer, 1854), by William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon, and United States Navy Department (page images at HathiTrust) Reports of inspection made in the summer of 1877 by Generals P.H. Sheridan and W.T. Sherman of country north of the Union Pacific Railroad. (Gov't. print. off., 1878), by United States War Department, William T. Sherman, and Philip Henry Sheridan (page images at HathiTrust) Report of explorations across the great basin of the territory of Utah for a direct wagon-route from Camp Floyd to Genoa, in Carson Valley, in 1859, by Captain J. H. Simpson ... (Govt. print. off., 1876), by United States Army Corps of Engineers and J. H. Simpson (page images at HathiTrust) Maps and descriptions of routes of exploration in Alaska in 1898, with general information concerning the territory (Ten maps in accompanying envelope) .... (Printed in the Engraving and printing division of the United States Geological survey, 1899), by Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust) 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. (J. Y. Huber company, 1891), by Frederick Schwatka (page images at HathiTrust) Summary narrative of an exploratory expedition to the sources of the Mississippi River, in 1930: resumed and completed, by the discovery of its origin in Itasca Lake, in 1832. (Lippincott, Grambo, & co., 1855), by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (page images at HathiTrust) Reports of the secretary of war, with reconnaissances of routes from San Antonio to El Paso (Printed at the Union office, 1850), by United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers (page images at HathiTrust) Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great salt lake of Utah, including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky mountains. (R. Armstrong, public printer, 1853), by United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers and Howard Stansbury (page images at HathiTrust) Report of a reconnaissance from Carroll, Montana teritory, on the upper Missouri, to the Yellowstone national park, and return, made in the summer of 1875 (Govt. print. off., 1876), by United States Army Corps of Engineers and William Ludlow (page images at HathiTrust) Pacific wagon roads. Letter from the secretary of the interior, trasmitting a report upon the several wagon roads constructed under the direction of the Interior department. (Govt. print. off., 1859), by United States Department of the Interior and Albert H. Campbell (page images at HathiTrust) Report upon United States Geographical surveys west of the one hundredth meridian (Govt. print. off., 1889), by Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.), Horatio Gourverneur Wright, A. A. Humphreys, and George M. Wheeler (page images at HathiTrust) Narrative of the late expedition to the Dead Sea. (Carey and Hart, 1849), by Edward P. Montague (page images at HathiTrust) The march of the mounted riflemen : first United States military expedition to travel the full length of the Oregon trail from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Vancouver, May to October, 1849 as recorded in the journals of Major Osborne Cross and George Gibbs and the offical report of Colonel Loring (Clark, 1940), by Osborne Cross, Raymond W. Settle, William Wing Loring, and George Gibbs (page images at HathiTrust) The blazed trail of the old frontier : being the log of the Upper Missouri historical expedition under the auspices of the governors & historical associations of Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana for 1925 (R. M. McBride, 1926), by Agnes C. Laut and Charles M. Russell (page images at HathiTrust) Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean (A. O. P. Nicholson, printer [etc.], 1855), by United States War Department, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Joseph Henry, and United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust) Narrative of an expedition through the upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the actual source of this river (Harper, 1834), by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (page images at HathiTrust) Report of a reconnaissance of the Black hills of Dakota, made in the summer of 1874. (Govt. print. off., 1875), by United States Army Corps of Engineers and William Ludlow (page images at HathiTrust) Report on the exploration of the Yellowstone river (Govt. print. off., 1868), by W. F. Raynolds (page images at HathiTrust) Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey (Cornelius Wendell, printer, 1857), by United States Department of the Interior, Charles Frédéric Girard, John Torrey, Arthur Schott, C. C. Parry, James Hall, George Englemann, Timothy Abbot Conrad, Spencer Fullerton Baird, and William H. Emory (page images at HathiTrust) A canyon voyage (G. P. Putnam's sons, 1908), by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (page images at HathiTrust) Arctic researches, and, Life among the Esquimaux : being the narrative of an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, in the years 1860, 1861, and 1862 (Harper & Brothers, 1865), by Charles Francis Hall (page images at HathiTrust) Explorations in Alaska, 1899, for an all-American overland route from Cook inlet, Pacific ocean, to the Yukon. (Govt. print. off., 1901), by United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Military Information Division and Joseph Sutherland Herron (page images at HathiTrust) Exploration of the valley of the Amazon (McGraw-Hill, 1952), by William Lewis Herndon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) Narrative of the expedition to the river Jordan and the Dead sea (J. Blackwood, 1855), by William Francis Lynch (page images at HathiTrust) First across the continent; the story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1803-4-5. (C. Scribner's sons, 1902), by Noah Brooks (page images at HathiTrust) Report of the explorations in 1873 of the Colorado of the West and its tributaries (Govt. print. off., 1874), by Smithsonian Institution and John Wesley Powell (page images at HathiTrust) Preliminary report concerning explorations and surveys, principally in Nevada and Arizona. Prosecuted in accordance with paragraph 2, special orders no. 109, War dept., March 18, 1871, and letter of instructions of March 23, 1871, from Brigadier General A. A. Humphreys, chief of engineers. (Govt. print. off., 1872), by United States Army Corps of Engineers, George M. Wheeler, and Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust) Life with the Esquimaux: the narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall, of the whaling barque "George Henry," from the 29th May, 1860, to the 13th September, 1862. With the results of a long intercourse with the Innuits, and full description of their mode of life, the discovery of actual relics of the expedition of Martin Frobisher of three centuries ago, and deductions in favour of yet discovering some of the survivors of Sir John Franklin's expedition ... (S. Low, son, and Marston, 1864), by Charles Francis Hall and George Henry (Bark) (page images at HathiTrust) Lady Franklin bay expedition (Government Printing Office, 1888), by International Polar Expedition, A. W. Greely, and Frederick Schwatka (page images at HathiTrust) An overland trip to the Grand Cañon. (s.n., 1875), by John Wesley Powell (page images at HathiTrust) Report of an expedition to the Copper, Tananá, and Kóyukuk rivers, in the territory of Alaska, in the year 1885, "for the purpose of obtaining all information which will be valuable and important, especially to the military branch of the government." (Govt. print. off., 1887), by United States. Army. Dept of the Columbia and Henry T. Allen (page images at HathiTrust) Northwestern Indians : letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of a report of Schoolcraft's expedition among the Northwestern Indians. (s.n., 1833), by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft and United States War Department (page images at HathiTrust) Letter from the Secretary of War : transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th ultimo, information in relation to an expedition of Henry R. Schoolcraft into the Indian country. (s.n., 1832), by United States War Department and Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (page images at HathiTrust) Schoolcraft and Allen, expedition to northwest Indians (Gales and Seaton, 1834), by United States War Department, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, and James Allen (page images at HathiTrust) Report of the survey of the north and northwest lakes, (C. Alexander, 1858), by George Gordon Meade and United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust) Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains. (University Microfilms, 1966), by John Charles Frémont, James Hall, and John Torrey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) Colorado river controversies (Dodd, Mead & Company, 1932), by Robert Brewster Stanton and James McGowan Chalfant (page images at HathiTrust) Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-44. (Gales and Seaton, printers, 1845), by John Charles Frémont, James Hall, John Torrey, and United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust) Report of an expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers (B. Tucker, Senate Print, 1854), by United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers and Lorenzo Sitgreaves (page images at HathiTrust) Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River : Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c., performed in the year 1823, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Stephen H. Long, U.S.T.E. (Geo B. Whittaker, 1825), by Joseph Lovell, James Edward Colhoun, Lewis David von Schweinitz, Thomas Say, Stephen H. Long, and William Hypolitus Keating (page images at HathiTrust) Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky mountains : performed in the years 1819 and 1820 ; by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Maj. S.H. Long, of the U.S. Top. Engineers (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823), by Thomas Say, Stephen Harriman Long, Edwin James, and United States. War Dept (page images at HathiTrust) Narrative of the United States' expedition to the river Jordon and the Dead sea. (R. Bentley, 1850), by William Francis Lynch (page images at HathiTrust) Report of an examination of the upper Columbia River and the territory in its vicinity in Sept. and Oct. 1881, to determine its navigability and adaptability to steamboat transportation. (Gov't print. off., 1882), by United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust) Report of an expedition to the Copper, Tananâa, and Kâoyukuk rivers, in the territory of Alaska, in the year 1885 (Govt. print. off., 1887), by United States. Army. Dept. of the Columbia and Henry T. Allen (page images at HathiTrust) Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains (A.H. Clark Co., 1905), by Edwin James, Reuben Gold Thwaites, Thomas Say, Stephen Harriman Long, and United States. War Dept (page images at HathiTrust) Explorations in the Dacota country in the year 1855 (A.O.P. Nicholson, Senate printer, 1856), by United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers and Gouverneur Kemble Warren (page images at HathiTrust) Resor i Norra Amerikas klippberg till Ny-Mexikos högslätt, företagna af Colorado-Expeditionen, enligt uppdrag af Förenta Staternas regering, och beskrifna af Balduin Möllhausen, Medlem af expeditionen. Med 6 plancher och 1 karta. Öfversättning af C.E. Möller ... (Tryckt hos R. G. Berg, 1867), by Balduin Möllhausen and Joseph Christmasm Ives (page images at HathiTrust) Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 6th February, a report and map of Lieutenant Simpson, of the route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe ([n. p., 1850), by United States Army Corps of Engineers, Randolph Barnes Marcy, and James Hervey Simpson (page images at HathiTrust) Report upon the Colorado River of the West, explored in 1857 and 1858 by Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives ... under the direction of the Office of Explorations and Surveys, A.A. Humphreys, Captain Topographical Engineers, in charge. By order of the Secretary of War. (Govt. Print. Off., 1861), by United States Army Corps of Engineers, J. S. Newberry, and J. C. Ives (page images at HathiTrust) Table of distances measured along the route travelled by the expedition in 1849. ([n.p., 1849), by Howard Stansbury and United States. Engineering Dept (page images at HathiTrust) Voyage au Nouveau-Mexique, à la suite d'une expédition ordonnée par le gouvernement des États-Unis, pour reconnoître les sources des rivières Arkansas, Kansés, La Plate, et Pierre-Jaune, dans l'intérieur de la Louisiane occidentale. Précédé d'une excursion aux sources du Mississippi, pendant les années 1805, 1806, et 1807. (D'Hautel, 1812), by Zebulon Montgomery Pike and M. Breton (page images at HathiTrust) Makers of American history: The Lewis & Clark exploring expedition, 1804-0̕6 (The University society, inc., 1904), by Charles Wentworth Upham and G. Mercer Adam (page images at HathiTrust) Annual report upon the geographical surveys west of the one-hundredth meridian in the states and territories of California, Oregon, Nevada, Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming : being Appendix NN of the Annual report of the Chief of Engineers for 1877 (Govt. Print. Off., 1877), by Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.), George M. Wheeler, Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University), and United States. Army. Corp of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust) Letter from the Secretary of War : in answer to a resolution of the House, of December 20, 1866, transmitting report of the Chief of Engineers, with General Warren's report of the surveys of the Upper Mississippi river and its tributaries. (s.n.], 1867), by United States. War Dept (page images at HathiTrust) Exploring nature's sanctuary : Captain William Ludlow's report of a reconnaissance from Carroll, Montana Territory, on the upper Missouri to the Yellowstone National Park, and return made in the summer of 1875 (Historical Division, Office of Administrative Services, Office of the Chief of Engineers :, 1985), by William Ludlow and Paul K. Walker (page images at HathiTrust) The expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, to headwaters of the Mississippi River, through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, during the years 1805-6-7. (F. P. Harper, 1895), by Zebulon Montgomery Pike and Elliott Coues (page images at HathiTrust) Annual report. 1st-12th, 1867-1878. (Govt. Print. Off., 1867), by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States Department of the Interior, and United States. General Land Office (page images at HathiTrust) The expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, to headwaters of the Mississippi River, through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, during the years 1805-6-7. (F.P. Harper, 1895), by Zebulon Montgomery Pike and Elliott Coues (page images at HathiTrust) Reise um die erde nach Japan an bord der expeditions-escadre unter commodore M. C. Perry in den jahren 1853, 1854 und 1855, unternommen im auftrage der regierung der Vereinigten Staaten. (H. Costenoble;, 1856), by Wilhelm Heine (page images at HathiTrust) The making of the great west, 1512-1883 (C. Scribner's, 1887), by Samuel Adams Drake (page images at HathiTrust) Alaska, 1899 Copper River exploring expedition (G.P.O., 1900), by W. R. Abercrombie (page images at HathiTrust) Geographical memoir upon Upper California : addressed to the Senate of the United States in 1848 / by John Charles Fremont. To which are now added, extracts from Hakluyt's collection of voyages, La Peyrouse's voyage, Venega's history of California, Harris's collection of voyages, Von Langdorff's travels, Alcedo's geographical and historical dictionary, Hastings's guide to Oregon and California, the presidents's message to Congress, December 5, 1848, Col. Mason's report to the Secretary at War, letter of the Rev. Walter Colton, August 29, 1848... / [edited] by William McCarty (W. McCarty, 1849), by J. C. Frémont and William McCarty (page images at HathiTrust) Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-' 44 (H. Polkinhorn, 1845), by J. C. Frémont (page images at HathiTrust) Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 and to Oregon and North Carolina in the years 1843-44 (D. Appleton;, 1846), by J. C. Frémont (page images at HathiTrust) Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska in response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of December 11, 1884. (G.P.O., 1885), by Alaska International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow and United States. War Dept (page images at HathiTrust) Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c., &c. performed in the year 1823, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, secretary of war, under the command of Stephen H. Long, major U.S.T.E. (H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1824), by Stephen Harriman Long, William H. Keating, and James Edward Colhoun (page images at HathiTrust) Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-'44 (Gales and Seaton, 1845), by J. C. Frémont and John Torrey (page images at HathiTrust) Geographical memoir upon Upper California (s.n., 1856), by J. C. Frémont (page images at HathiTrust) Reise nach dem Felsengebirge im Jahre 1842 und nach dem Oregongebiet und Nord-Californien in den Jahren 1843 und 1844 (s.n., 1848), by J. C. Frémont (page images at HathiTrust) Reisen durch die Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerica nebst einem Ausfluge nach Canada nach F.v. Raumer, F. Gerstaker ... U. A. M. sowie nach dem Felsengebirge im Jahre 1842 und nach dem Oregongebeit und Nord-Californien in den Jahren 1843 und 1844 (A. Weichardt, 1848), by J. C. Frémont (page images at HathiTrust) Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c. performed in the year 1823 by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, secretary of war, under the command of Stephen H. Long, U.S.T.E. (Printed for G.B. Whittaker, 1825), by Stephen Harriman Long, William H. Keating, and James Edward Colhoun (page images at HathiTrust) Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California, in the years 1843-44 (Wiley and Putnam, 1846), by J. C. Frémont (page images at HathiTrust) Synopsis of the cruise of the U.S. exploring expedition during the years 1838, '39, '40, '41, & '42 to which is added a list of officers and scientific corps attached to the expedition (s.n.], 1842), by Charles Wilkes (page images at HathiTrust) Life with the Esquimaux the narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall, of the whaling barque "George Henry", from the 29th May, 1860, to the 13th September, 1862 : with the results of a long intercourse with the Innuits [sic], and full description of their mode of life, the discovery of actual relics of the expedition of Martin Frobisher of three centuries ago, and deductions in favour of yet discovering some of the survivors of Sir John Franklin's expedition. (S. Low, Son, and Marston, 1864), by Charles Francis Hall (page images at HathiTrust) Northwest coast of America May 15, 1826, referred to the committee of the whole House, to which is committed the bill to authorize the establishment of a military post or posts, within the territory of the United States, on the Pacific Ocean, and to provide for the exploration of its coasts and waters, Mr. Baylies, from the Select Committee to which the subject had been referred, made the following report : The committee to whom "so much of the message of the president of the United States .. (s.n., 1826), by United States House of Representatives (page images at HathiTrust) Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California, in the years 1843-44 (Hall & Dickson;, 1847), by J. C. Frémont (page images at HathiTrust) Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California, in the years 1843-44 (D. Appleton, 1856), by J. C. Frémont (page images at HathiTrust) Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California, in the years 1843-44 (D. Appleton;, 1849), by J. C. Frémont (page images at HathiTrust) 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 ... (Published by C. & A. Conrad ... [and 3 others], John Binns, printer, 1810), by Zebulon Montgomery Pike (page images at HathiTrust) Journal d'un voyage a la Louisiane fait en 1720 (Chez musier, fils & Fournier ..., 1768), by Vallette de Laudun (page images at HathiTrust) A report on an exploration of the country lying between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains on the line of the Kansas and Great Platte Rivers ([s.n.], 1843), by J. C. Frémont (page images at HathiTrust) Die Mormonen-Ansiedlungen : die Felsengebirge und der Grosse Salzsee, nebst einer Beschreibung der Auswanderer-Strasse und der interessanten Abenteuer der Auswanderungen nach jenen Gegenden. Geschildert aus einer Untersuchungs-Expedition (Franck'sche Verlagshandlung, 1854), by Howard Stansbury, F. Kottenkamp, and United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers (page images at HathiTrust) The exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California : to which is added a description of the physical geography of California, with recent notices of the gold region from the latest and most authentic sources (Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855), by John Charles Fre mont (page images at HathiTrust) Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains; performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Sec'yof War: Under the command of Major Stephen H. Long. (H.C. Carey and I. Lea, 1823), by Edwin James and Stephen H. Long (page images at HathiTrust) Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. War Department. Route near the thirty-fifth parallel. (Washington, 1854), by Amiel Weeks Whipple (page images at HathiTrust) The daring adventures of Kit Carson and Frémont, among buffaloes, grizzlies and Indians, being a spirited diary of the most difficult and wonderful explorations ever made, opening ... the great pathway to the Pacific. (Worthington, 1887), by John Charles Frémont (page images at HathiTrust) 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. (Govt. Print. Off., 1872), by United States Army Corps of Engineers and George M. Wheeler (page images at HathiTrust) Narrative of the North Polar Expedition. U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall commanding. (Tribner, 1881), by Charles Henry Davis (page images at HathiTrust) First through the Grand canyon, being the record of the pioneer exploration of the Colorado River in 1869-70. (Macmillan, 1925), by John Wesley Powell (page images at HathiTrust) Notes of a military reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila rivers (Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848), by United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers and William H. Emory (page images at HathiTrust) The Whipple report : journal of an expedition from San Diego, California, to the Rio Colorado, from Sept. 11 to Dec. 11, 1849 (Westernlore Press, 1961), by Amiel Weeks Whipple (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) George Montague Wheeler : last Army explorer of the American West (United States Military Academy, 1975), by Peter Lorentz Guth (page images at HathiTrust) Report of the explorations in 1873 of the Colorado of the West and its tributaries (Govt. print. off., 1874), by Smithsonian Institution and John Wesley Powell (page images at HathiTrust)
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