> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 838](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333977) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10027-1) LSID 10027-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5920936) QID Q5920936 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Stansbury, Howard (1806-1863), American explorer; in corps of civil engineers surveying the Great Lakes area until 1838, from then on officer in the corps of topographical engineers; in command of an expedition to explore and survey the Great Salt Lake region 1849-1850; ultimately at Madison, Wisc. **Abbreviated name**: *Stansb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Stansb.*\] #### Herbarium and types Material at [[Collection NY|NY]]. *Correspondence* with J. Torrey at [[Collection NY|NY]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 316 (b. 8 Feb 1806, d. 17 Apr 1863); BM 5: 2002; DAB 17: 516; Ewan ed. 1: 220, 312-313; Herder p. 60; Hortus 3: 1204; ME 3: 114-116; PR 8903; Rehder 1: 322; Tucker 1: 666. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. ann. Cycl. 1863: 703-704. 1864 (summary of his exploration and surveys); Who was who in America 1607-1896: 573. 1967. - McKelvey, S.D., Bot. expl. Trans.-Miss. West xvri, 673, 678, 1077-1086, 1139. 1955. - Reveal, J., *in* A. Cronquist et al., Intermountain flora 1: 49-51. 1972. - Sabin, J. et al., Dict. books relating to America 23: 185-187. 1932-1933 (bibl.). - Wilson, J.G. & J. Fiske, Appi. Cycl. Amer. Biogr. 5: 647. 1888. ### Publications ##### n.12.798. An expedition to the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah **Title** *An expedition to the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah*: including a description of its geography, natural history, and minerals, and an analysis of its waters: with an authentic account of the Mormon settlement. Illustrated by numerous beautiful plates, from drawings taken on the spot. Also, a reconnaissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains, and two large and accurate maps of that region... Philadelphia (Lippincott, Grambo & Co.) 1852. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Exped. Great Salt Lake*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1853 (p. \[2\]: 19 Apr 1852), frontisp., p. \[1\]-487, *57 pl*., 3 maps. *Copy*: MO. – Botany by John Torrey in Appendix D, p. 381-397, *pl. 1-9.* "Catalogue of plants collected by the expedition, by J. Torrey". – A different issue, a Senate document, with 495 p. is mentioned by Tucker 1: 666. (Special session Mar 1851, Senate Exec. no. 3); for further details see Sabin, J. et al. (1932-1933), ME 3: 114-116 and F.V. Coville, Bull. Torrey bot. Club 23: 137-139. 1896 who describes three editions of the report.