02739nam 2200589Ia 450 991078482730332120230421044832.00-19-770169-81-280-52932-697866105293220-19-535476-1(CKB)1000000000410247(EBL)273060(OCoLC)476014603(SSID)ssj0000208629(PQKBManifestationID)11156944(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000208629(PQKBWorkID)10243878(PQKB)11499752(Au-PeEL)EBL273060(CaPaEBR)ebr10358300(CaONFJC)MIL52932(MiAaPQ)EBC273060(EXLCZ)99100000000041024719960604d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe natural history of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820)[electronic resource] /Howard Ensign EvansNew York Oxford University Press19971 online resource (281 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-511185-0 0-19-511184-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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, 1820BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZAcquiring 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.Natural historyWest (U.S.)West (U.S.)Description and travelNatural history508.78Evans Howard Ensign86806MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784827303321The natural history of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820)3671905UNINA