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200 10$aCalifornia's frontier naturalists$b[electronic resource] /$fRichard G. Beidleman
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2006
215   $a1 online resource (501 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311 0 $a0-520-23010-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tPreface --$tPrelude --$tPart 1. The Oceanic Expeditions --$tPart 2. The Early Peripatetic Naturalists --$tPart 3. The Overland Expeditions and Their Naturalists --$tPart 4. Iron Horses and River Steamers --$tPart 5. The California Geological Survey --$tPart 6. Institutions and Naturalists --$tPart 7. The Postwar Naturalists --$tSelected References --$tIndex
330   $aThis book chronicles the fascinating story of the enthusiastic, stalwart, and talented naturalists who were drawn to California's spectacular natural bounty over the decades from 1786, when the La Pérouse Expedition arrived at Monterey, to the Death Valley expedition in 1890-91, the proclaimed "end" of the American frontier. Richard G. Beidleman's engaging and marvelously detailed narrative describes these botanists, zoologists, geologists, paleontologists, astronomers, and ethnologists as they camped under stars and faced blizzards, made discoveries and amassed collections, kept journals and lost valuables, sketched flowers and landscapes, recorded comets and native languages. He weaves together the stories of their lives, their demanding fieldwork, their contributions to science, and their exciting adventures against the backdrop of California and world history. California's Frontier Naturalists covers all the major expeditions to California as well as individual and institutional explorations, introducing naturalists who accompanied boundary surveys, joined federal railroad parties, traveled with river topographical expeditions, accompanied troops involved with the Mexican War, and made up California's own geological survey. Among these early naturalists are famous names-David Douglas, Thomas Nuttall, John Charles Fremont, William Brewer-as well as those who are less well-known, including Paolo Botta, Richard Hinds, and Sara Lemmon.
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606   $aScientific expeditions$zCalifornia
606   $aNaturalists$zCalifornia$xHistory
610   $aamerican west.
610   $abotany.
610   $aboundary surveys.
610   $acalifornia.
610   $adavid douglas.
610   $adeath valley.
610   $aexpedition.
610   $aexplorers.
610   $afieldwork.
610   $afrontier.
610   $ageological survey.
610   $ageology.
610   $ajohn fremont.
610   $ala perouse.
610   $aland development.
610   $aland management.
610   $amexican war.
610   $amonterey.
610   $anatural sciences.
610   $anatural world.
610   $anaturalism.
610   $anaturalist.
610   $anature.
610   $anonfiction.
610   $apacific northwest.
610   $apaleontology.
610   $apaolo botta.
610   $aplants.
610   $arailroads.
610   $arichard hinds.
610   $asara lemmon.
610   $ascience.
610   $ascientists.
610   $asettling the west.
610   $athomas nuttall.
610   $aunited states.
610   $awild west.
610   $awilderness.
610   $awilliam brewer.
610   $azoology.
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