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Drake Samuel Adams <1833-1905.> |
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The making of the great West; 1512-1883 [[electronic resource]] |
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Scituate, Mass., : Digital Scanning, 2001 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (353 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
West (U.S.) History 1512-1883 |
West (U.S.) History |
America Discovery and exploration |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"As published in 1894." |
Originally published: The making of the great West, 1512-1883. New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1887. |
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THE MAKING OF THE GREAT WEST 1512-1883; PREFACE.; CONTENTS.; GROUP I.-THREE RIVAL CIVILIZATIONS.; I. The Spaniards.; AN HISTORIC ERA; DE SOTO'S DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI; DEATH AND BURIAL OF DE SOTO; THE INDIANS OF FLORIDA; HOW NEW MEXICO CAME TO BE EXPLORED; "THE MARVELLOUS COUNTRY"; FOLK LORE OF THE PUEBLOS; LAST DAYS OF CHARLES V. AND PHILIP II; SWORD AND GOWN IN CALIFORNIA; II. The French.; PRELUDE; WESTWARD BY THE GREAT INLAND WATERWAYS; THE SITUATION IN A.D. 1672; COUNT FRONTENAC; JOLIET AND M ARQUETTE; THE MAN LA SALLE; LA SALLE, PRINCE OF EXPLORERS |
DISCOVERY OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPITHE LOST COLONY: ST. LOUIS OF TEXAS; IBERVILLE FOUNDS LOUISIANA; FRANCE WINS THE PRIZE; LOUIS XIV; III. The English.; THE BLEAK NORTH-WEST COAST; HUDSON'S BAY TO THE SOUTH SEA; THE RUSSIANS IN ALASKA; ENGLAND ON THE PACIFIC; QUEEN ELIZABETH; Interlude.; WHAT JONATHAN CARVER AIMED TO DO IN 1766; JOHN LEDYARD'S IDEA; A YANKEE SHIP DISCOVERS THE COLUMBIA RIVER; THE WEST AT THE OPENING OF THE CENTURY; GROUP II.-BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN IDEA.; I . America for Americans.; ACQUISITION OF LOUISIANA; A GLANCE AT OUR PURCHASE; |
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II. The Path finders. |
LEWIS AND CLARKE ASCEND THE MISSOURITHEY CROSS THE CONTINENT; PIKE EXPLORES THE ARKANSAS VALLEY; NEW MEXICO IN 1807; GOLD IN COLORADO - A TRAPPER'S STORY; THE FLAG IN OREGON; LOUISIANA ADMITTED 1812; III. The Oregon Trail.; THE TRAPPER, BACKWOODSMAN, AND EMIGRANT; LONG EXPLORES THE PLATTE VALLEY; MISSOURI AND THE COMPROMISE OF 1821; ARKANSAS ADMITTED 1836; THOMAS H. BENTON'S IDEA; WITH THE VANGUARD TO OREGON; TEXAS ADMITTED; Interlude.; NEW POLITICAL IDEAS; IOWA ADMITTED; THE WAR WITH MEXICO; CONQUEST OF NEW MEXICO; TAKING OF CALIFORNIA; THE MORMONS IN UTAH |
GROUP III.-GOLD IN CALIFORNIA, AND WHAT IT LED TO.I. The Great Emigration.; EL DORADO FOUND AT LAST; SWARMING THROUGH THE GOLDEN GATE; THE CALIFORNIA PIONEERS; CALIFORNIA A FREE STATE; ARIZONA; II. The Contest for Free Soil.; THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA STRUGGLE; KANSAS THE BATTLE-GROUND; THE BATTLE FOUGHT AND WON; TWO FREE STATES ADMITTED; III. The Crown of the Continent.; GOLD IN COLORADO, AND THE RUSH THERE; THE PACIFIC RAILROADS; KANSAS, NEVADA, NEBRASKA, AND COLORADO ADMITTED; THE RECENT STATES; THE WORK OF EIGHTY YEARS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.; TAKING POSSESSION FOR FRANCE; SPANISH ARMS |
SHIP OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURYISABELLA OF SPAIN; MEDAL OF CHARLES V; PONCE DE LEON; BALBOA DISCOVERING THE PACIFIC; FRENCH MAP OF 1542. FROM JOMARD; DE SOTO; SOLDIER OF 1585; CUBAN BLOODHOUND; DEPARTURE OF THE SPANIARDS; BURIAL OF DE SOTO; FLORIDA WARRIOR; PALISADED TOWN; A FLORIDA INDIAN'S CABIN; MAKING A CANOE; A CHIEFTAIN'S GRAVE; PROCESSIONAL FANS; ROCK INSCRIPTIONS, NEW MEXICO; MAP, NEW MEXICO, ROUTE OF SPANISH INVADERS; JUNCTION OF THE GILA AND COLORADO; ORGAN MOUNTAINS; EL PASO DEL NORTE; A PUEBLO RESTORED; ACOMA; CASA GRANDE, GILA VALLEY; RUINS OF PECOS; CEREUS GIGANTEA; PUEBLO IDOLS |
HIEROGLYPHICS, GILA VALLEY |
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