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, Les Pacific Railroad Surveys (1853-1855) s … Les Pacific Railroad Surveys (1853-1855) sont une série d'explorations de l'Ouest américain pour étudier les voies possibles pour une ligne de chemin de fer transcontinentale en Amérique du Nord. Ces expéditions réalisées par des géomètres, des scientifiques et des artistes ainsi donné lieu à une immense récolte de données sur au moins 1 000 000 km2 de l'Ouest américain. « Ces volumes... constituent probablement la source de connaissance contemporaine la plus importante sur l'histoire et la géographie occidentale, et leur valeur est grandement renforcée par la présence de nombreuses belles gravures en couleur de paysages, d'autochtones, de la faune et de la flore de l'ouest du pays. » Publiées par le Département de la Guerre des États-Unis de 1855 à 1860, les études contenaient des documents significatifs sur l'histoire naturelle, dont beaucoup d'illustrations de reptiles, d'amphibiens, d'oiseaux, et de mammifères. En plus de décrire l'itinéraire, ces études présentaient également un rapport sur la géologie, zoologie, botanique, paléontologie du terrain et fournissaient également des descriptions ethnographiques des peuples autochtones rencontrés au cours des études menées.nes rencontrés au cours des études menées.
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