The making of the great West; 1512-1883 [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Drake Samuel Adams <1833-1905.>
• Pubblicazione: Scituate, Mass., : Digital Scanning, 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Soggetto geografico: West (U.S.) History 1512-1883; West (U.S.) History; America Discovery and exploration
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: "As published in 1894."; Originally published: The making of the great West, 1512-1883. New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1887.
• Nota di contenuto: THE MAKING OF THE GREAT WEST 1512-1883; PREFACE.; CONTENTS.; GROUP I.-THREE RIVAL CIVILIZATIONS.; I. The Spaniards.; AN HISTORIC ERA; DE SOTO'S DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI; DEATH AND BURIAL OF DE SOTO; THE INDIANS OF FLORIDA; HOW NEW MEXICO CAME TO BE EXPLORED; "THE MARVELLOUS COUNTRY"; FOLK LORE OF THE PUEBLOS; LAST DAYS OF CHARLES V. AND PHILIP II; SWORD AND GOWN IN CALIFORNIA; II. The French.; PRELUDE; WESTWARD BY THE GREAT INLAND WATERWAYS; THE SITUATION IN A.D. 1672; COUNT FRONTENAC; JOLIET AND M ARQUETTE; THE MAN LA SALLE; LA SALLE, PRINCE OF EXPLORERS ; DISCOVERY OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPITHE LOST COLONY: ST. LOUIS OF TEXAS; IBERVILLE FOUNDS LOUISIANA; FRANCE WINS THE PRIZE; LOUIS XIV; III. The English.; THE BLEAK NORTH-WEST COAST; HUDSON'S BAY TO THE SOUTH SEA; THE RUSSIANS IN ALASKA; ENGLAND ON THE PACIFIC; QUEEN ELIZABETH; Interlude.; WHAT JONATHAN CARVER AIMED TO DO IN 1766; JOHN LEDYARD'S IDEA; A YANKEE SHIP DISCOVERS THE COLUMBIA RIVER; THE WEST AT THE OPENING OF THE CENTURY; GROUP II.-BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN IDEA.; I . America for Americans.; ACQUISITION OF LOUISIANA; A GLANCE AT OUR PURCHASE; II. The Path finders. ; LEWIS AND CLARKE ASCEND THE MISSOURITHEY CROSS THE CONTINENT; PIKE EXPLORES THE ARKANSAS VALLEY; NEW MEXICO IN 1807; GOLD IN COLORADO - A TRAPPER'S STORY; THE FLAG IN OREGON; LOUISIANA ADMITTED 1812; III. The Oregon Trail.; THE TRAPPER, BACKWOODSMAN, AND EMIGRANT; LONG EXPLORES THE PLATTE VALLEY; MISSOURI AND THE COMPROMISE OF 1821; ARKANSAS ADMITTED 1836; THOMAS H. BENTON'S IDEA; WITH THE VANGUARD TO OREGON; TEXAS ADMITTED; Interlude.; NEW POLITICAL IDEAS; IOWA ADMITTED; THE WAR WITH MEXICO; CONQUEST OF NEW MEXICO; TAKING OF CALIFORNIA; THE MORMONS IN UTAH ; GROUP III.-GOLD IN CALIFORNIA, AND WHAT IT LED TO.I. The Great Emigration.; EL DORADO FOUND AT LAST; SWARMING THROUGH THE GOLDEN GATE; THE CALIFORNIA PIONEERS; CALIFORNIA A FREE STATE; ARIZONA; II. The Contest for Free Soil.; THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA STRUGGLE; KANSAS THE BATTLE-GROUND; THE BATTLE FOUGHT AND WON; TWO FREE STATES ADMITTED; III. The Crown of the Continent.; GOLD IN COLORADO, AND THE RUSH THERE; THE PACIFIC RAILROADS; KANSAS, NEVADA, NEBRASKA, AND COLORADO ADMITTED; THE RECENT STATES; THE WORK OF EIGHTY YEARS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.; TAKING POSSESSION FOR FRANCE; SPANISH ARMS ; SHIP OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURYISABELLA OF SPAIN; MEDAL OF CHARLES V; PONCE DE LEON; BALBOA DISCOVERING THE PACIFIC; FRENCH MAP OF 1542. FROM JOMARD; DE SOTO; SOLDIER OF 1585; CUBAN BLOODHOUND; DEPARTURE OF THE SPANIARDS; BURIAL OF DE SOTO; FLORIDA WARRIOR; PALISADED TOWN; A FLORIDA INDIAN'S CABIN; MAKING A CANOE; A CHIEFTAIN'S GRAVE; PROCESSIONAL FANS; ROCK INSCRIPTIONS, NEW MEXICO; MAP, NEW MEXICO, ROUTE OF SPANISH INVADERS; JUNCTION OF THE GILA AND COLORADO; ORGAN MOUNTAINS; EL PASO DEL NORTE; A PUEBLO RESTORED; ACOMA; CASA GRANDE, GILA VALLEY; RUINS OF PECOS; CEREUS GIGANTEA; PUEBLO IDOLS ; HIEROGLYPHICS, GILA VALLEY
• Titolo autorizzato: The making of the great West; 1512-1883
• ISBN: 1-58218-437-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454209403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II