02904nam 2200637Ia 450 991046253780332120200520144314.00-8262-7283-5(CKB)2670000000275269(EBL)3440809(SSID)ssj0000768276(PQKBManifestationID)12298576(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000768276(PQKBWorkID)10767005(PQKB)11665125(MiAaPQ)EBC3440809(OCoLC)868217771(MdBmJHUP)muse26929(Au-PeEL)EBL3440809(CaPaEBR)ebr10607832(OCoLC)932311389(EXLCZ)99267000000027526920111130d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe baron in the Grand Canyon[electronic resource] Friedrich Wilhelm von Egloffstein in the West /Steven RowanColumbia, Mo. ;London University of Missouri Pressc20121 online resource (219 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8262-1982-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-204) and index.Preface -- The severed bear's head -- Franconia, Bavaria, and Prussia, 1824--1848 -- Egloffstein and Zwanziger, surveyors : St. Louis, 1849--1853 -- Solomon Carvalho's excellent adventure : with Fremont over the Rockies; Great Salt Lake City idyll -- Views of Mount Shasta : to California with Beckwith, 1854 -- A new style of topographical drawing : Washington, DC, and the Pacific Railroad reports -- The thoughts of God : up the Colorado with Ives, 1857--1858 -- The last plates : farewell to the West, 1861--1885 -- Abbreviations in the notes and bibliography -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.In The Baron in the Grand Canyon, Steven Rowan presents the first comprehensive look at the life of Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Egloffstein, mapmaker, artist, explorer, and inventor. Utilizing new German and American sources, Rowan clarifies many mysteries about the life of this major artist and cartographer of the American West.Friedrich Wilhelm von Egloffstein in the WestCartographersUnited StatesBiographyExplorersWest (U.S.)BiographyGermansUnited StatesBiographySurveyorsUnited StatesBiographyWest (U.S.)Discovery and explorationElectronic books.CartographersExplorersGermansSurveyors526.092Rowan Steven W213169MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462537803321The baron in the Grand Canyon2144361UNINA