The natural history of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1819-1820 / / Howard Ensign Evans

• Autore: Evans Howard E (Howard Ensign), <1919->
• Pubblicazione: New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 pages)
• Disciplina: 508.78
• Soggetto topico: Natural history - West (U.S.)
• Soggetto geografico: West (U.S.) Description and travel
• Note generali: Bibliography: p251-254. _ Includes index.; Previously issued in print: 1997.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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, 1820 ; BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Acquiring 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The natural history of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1819-1820
• ISBN: 0-19-770169-8; 1-280-52932-6; 9786610529322; 0-19-535476-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910962329403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.