02916nam 2200625Ia 450 991081529720332120230407220608.00-8262-7283-5(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|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe baron in the Grand Canyon Friedrich Wilhelm von Egloffstein in the West /Steven RowanColumbia, Mo. ;London University of Missouri Press20121 online resource (219 pages) illustrations, maps, portraitsDescription 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 explorationCartographersExplorersGermansSurveyors526.092Rowan Steven W213169MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815297203321The baron in the Grand Canyon4050793UNINA