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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451286503321

Autore

Evans Howard Ensign

Titolo

The natural history of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820) [[electronic resource] /] / Howard Ensign Evans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997

ISBN

1-280-52932-6

9786610529322

0-19-535476-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Disciplina

508.78

Soggetti

Natural history - West (U.S.)

Electronic books.

West (U.S.) Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 SETTING THE STAGE; 2 CAST OF CHARACTERS; 3 DOWN THE OHIO; 4 UP THE MISSOURI; 5 OVERWINTERING AT ENGINEER CANTONMENT; 6 NEW PLANS AND A NEW CAST OF CHARACTERS; 7 TO THE ROCKIES; 8 EXPLORING THE FRONT RANGE; 9 DOWN THE ARKANSAS; 10 THE SEARCH FOR THE RED RIVER; 11 EPIILOGUE; Appendix I: ANIMALS (OTHER THAN INSECTS) DESCRIBED BY THOMAS SAY IN THE ACCOUNT OF THE LONG EXPEDITION, 1819-1820; Appendix II: INSECTS DESCRIBED BY THOMAS SAY FROM SPECIMENS COLLECTED ON THE LONG EXPEDITION, 1819-1820; Appendix III: PLANTS NEWLY DISCOVERED AND DESCRIBED FROM THE LONG EXPEDITION, 1820

BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Acquiring the Louisiana Territory almost doubled the size of the USA, adding 800,000 square miles of land scarcely explored or mapped. This text offers a history of the 1819 expedition - the first scientific exploration of the territory to be accompanied by trained naturalists and artists.