Schoolcraft's expedition to lake itasca [[electronic resource] ] : the discovery of the source of the Mississippi / / edited by Philip P. Mason

• Autore: Schoolcraft Henry Rowe <1793-1864.>
• Pubblicazione: East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (421 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Ojibwa Indians; Dakota Indians; Indians of North America - Government relations
• Soggetto geografico: Mississippi River; Northwest, Old Description and travel; United States Discovery and exploration
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MasonPhilip P <1927-> (Philip Parker)
• Note generali: Romanized.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Preface; Editor's Introduction; Schoolcraft's Narrative of an Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake; Exploratory Trip Through the St. Croix and Burntwood (or Brulé) Rivers; Appendices; A. Letters and Reports Relating to the Organization of the Expedition in 1831 and 1832; B. Reports and Letters of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft on the Expedition of 1832; C. Journal and Letters of Lieutenant James Allen; D. Journal, Letters and Reports of Dr. Douglas Houghton; E. Journal and Letters of the Reverend William Thurston Boutwell ; F. Newspaper Reports of Expedition of 1832Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Scientist, explorer, historian, and Indian agent Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's name must be included in the pantheon of early nineteenth-century adventurers who were in the vanguard of American expansion into the heart of the continent. While some, individuals like William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, John C. Fremont, and Kit Carson did not stop until they reached the Pacific Ocean, others took it as their task to explore the cast, unknown interior; chief among this group was Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. Originally issued by Michigan State University Press in 1958, Schoolcraft's Expedition to
• Titolo autorizzato: Schoolcraft's expedition to lake itasca
• ISBN: 1-60917-276-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457388803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II