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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812555703321

Autore

Lawson Russell M. <1957->

Titolo

Frontier naturalist [[electronic resource] ] : Jean Louis Berlandier and the exploration of northern Mexico and Texas / / Russell M. Lawson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-62126-6

9786613933713

0-8263-5219-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Disciplina

508.72

Soggetti

Natural history - Mexico, North

Natural history - Texas, South

Scientific expeditions - Mexico, North - History - 19th century

Scientific expeditions - Texas, South - History - 19th century

Naturalists - France

Explorers - Mexico, North

Explorers - Texas, South

Mexico, North Description and travel

Texas, South 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

Savant of Matamoros -- Lock of the Rhône -- Río Pánuco -- The Arms of God -- River of the Comanches -- Father of Rivers -- Waters of the High Sierra -- Río Bravo del Norte -- River of Death -- Appendix One: Fauna and Flora Named for Jean Louis Berlandier -- Appendix Two: Chronology of the Journeys of Jean Louis Berlandier.

Sommario/riassunto

In 1826, Jean Louis Berlandier, a French naturalist, was part of a team sent to explore what is now northern Mexico and the Gulf Coast of Texas. Here, historian Russell Lawson tells the story of this multinational expedition, using Berlandier's copious records as a way of conveying his view of the natural environment.