"Report of a Geological Exploration of Part of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois…", U.S. Government
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Subject: Midwestern United States, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois
Period: 1844 (published)
Publication: Sen 407, 28th Cong. 1st Sess.
Color: Hand Color
Size:
5.5 x 9 inches 14 x 22.9 cm
This interesting report includes eight maps, charts and views. There are two hand-colored geological charts, "Geological Chart of Part of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois" (17.7 x 22.9") and "Geological Section from the Mouth of the Rock River through the Blue Mounds to the Wisconsin River" (11 x 18.3") both by David Dale Owen. There is also an uncolored magnetic chart (11.3 x 11.3"). Text is illustrated with plates of fossils and views depicting limestone strata. Now housed in modern archival paper covers with a handwritten label.
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Condition: A
Maps and contents very good. No covers, signatures stitched and tight.
