LEADER 02904nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910462537803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8262-7283-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000275269 035 $a(EBL)3440809 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000768276 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12298576 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000768276 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10767005 035 $a(PQKB)11665125 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3440809 035 $a(OCoLC)868217771 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse26929 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3440809 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10607832 035 $a(OCoLC)932311389 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000275269 100 $a20111130d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe baron in the Grand Canyon$b[electronic resource] $eFriedrich Wilhelm von Egloffstein in the West /$fSteven Rowan 210 $aColumbia, Mo. ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Missouri Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (219 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8262-1982-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-204) and index. 327 $aPreface -- 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. 330 $aIn 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. 517 3 $aFriedrich Wilhelm von Egloffstein in the West 606 $aCartographers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aExplorers$zWest (U.S.)$vBiography 606 $aGermans$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aSurveyors$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xDiscovery and exploration 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCartographers 615 0$aExplorers 615 0$aGermans 615 0$aSurveyors 676 $a526.092 700 $aRowan$b Steven W$0213169 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462537803321 996 $aThe baron in the Grand Canyon$92144361 997 $aUNINA