Item #M6368 Geologische Skizze. A. Wislizenus.

Geologische Skizze.

Braunschweig: 1850. Notes: \\\"Frederick Adolphus Wislizenus, M.D., last heard of in 1840, headed for Chihuahua in 1846, and after being exiled for six months joined Doniphan\\\'s expedition on its trip home. In 1848, the Senate published his \\\'Memoir of a tour to Northern Mexico\\\'. [...] \\\'Geological Sketch\\\' ...recalls[s] the author\\\'s route from Independence to Santa Fe, thence to Paso del Norte and Chihuahua, and home by way of Saltillo, Monterrey and the Rio Grande at Reynosa. It has legends [concerning] various rocks along the way. [...] A German edition, with the same maps (titles translated) was published at Braunschweig in 1850, the text having been translated by George M. Von Ross.\\\" (Wheat, vol 3, 10), Size : 305x270 (mm), 12x10.625 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline, Reference: Wheat, Volume 3, 10., Category: ; Maps United States South Texas. Very Good, lower left margin has been extended. Item #M6368

Notes: \\\"Frederick Adolphus Wislizenus, M.D., last heard of in 1840, headed for Chihuahua in 1846, and after being exiled for six months joined Doniphan\\\'s expedition on its trip home. In 1848, the Senate published his \\\'Memoir of a tour to Northern Mexico\\\'. [...] \\\'Geological Sketch\\\' ...recalls[s] the author\\\'s route from Independence to Santa Fe, thence to Paso del Norte and Chihuahua, and home by way of Saltillo, Monterrey and the Rio Grande at Reynosa. It has legends [concerning] various rocks along the way. [...] A German edition, with the same maps (titles translated) was published at Braunschweig in 1850, the text having been translated by George M. Von Ross.\\\" (Wheat, vol 3, 10), Size : 305x270 (mm), 12x10.625 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline, Reference: Wheat, Volume 3, 10., Category: ; Maps United States South Texas.

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