Exploration of the Yellowstone - 1866

Raynolds, Brevet Brigadier General W.F. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, COMMUNICATION, IN COMPLIANCE WITH A RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE OF FEBRUARY 13, 1866, THE REPORT OF BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL W.F. RAYNOLDS, ON THE EXPLORATION OF THE YELLOWSTONE AND THE COUNTRY DRAINED BY THAT RIVER. 40th Congress, 1st Session. - SENATE- Ex. Doc. No. 77. Retains a folding map 68 x 104 cm titled MAP OF THE YELLOWSTONE AND MISSOURI RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES. Howes R88: “A four page preliminary report was issued in Senate Exec, Doc. I, 1860; the Civil War prevented earlier publication in this completed form.” Graff 3429. Phillips p.1130. Wheat Mapping the Transmississippi West 1012 p.187: “It is an extremely well-drawn map, and except for the fact that it contains certain information gathered between the time of its actual printing . . . it is probably the best map of its area that had been produced.” Jennewein 29: “Raynolds was directed to explore the region through which flow the principal tributaries of the Yellowstone River. . . . His descriptions are good and his map is important. . . and with the services of his technical experts in which group we again find Dr. F.V. Hayden, he performed valiant service in the vast regions of the Upper Missouri.” Map is backed with linen and in supeerb condition. Vg copy.