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Mapping the frontier : a memoir of discovery from coastal Maine to the Alaskan rim / / R. Harvey Sargent ; foreword by Robert M. Sargent ; edited by Jan Cigliano Hartman



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Autore: Sargent R. Harvey Visualizza persona
Titolo: Mapping the frontier : a memoir of discovery from coastal Maine to the Alaskan rim / / R. Harvey Sargent ; foreword by Robert M. Sargent ; edited by Jan Cigliano Hartman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Down East Books, , [2015]
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
Disciplina: 526.092
Soggetto topico: Cartography - United States - History - 20th century
Geological Survey (U.S.) - Officials and employees
Persona (resp. second.): SargentRobert M.
HartmanJan Cigliano
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Mapping The Frontier ; CONTENTS ; Foreword ; CHILDHOOD IN SEDGWICK, 1875-1889; A PASSION FOR EXPLORATION, 1890-1895; THE NATIONAL ZOO, Washington, DC, 1895-1898; JOINING THE SURVEY, 1898-1901; FIRST CHIEF OF PARTY, Glacier National Park, 1901-1903; THE CHINA EXPEDITION, 1903-1904; MAPPING AND MARRIAGE, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, 1904-1906 ; DISTANT JOURNEYS, Alaska, 1906-1907; ALASKA'S KODIAK REGION, 1907-1909; TOPOGRAPHER IN CHARGE, Matanuska Valley and Kenai Peninsula, 1908-1911 ; ALASKA'S MATANUSKA VALLEY, 1912-1914; Epilogue, 1915-1951; Glossary & Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgments
Sommario/riassunto: Author R. Harvey Sargent of Sedgwick, ME, led the U. S. Geological Survey in Alaska, for 35 years. He also created the first modern maps of China, trekking across the country's interior during the treacherous post-Boxer Rebellion days in 1903-04. His remarkable story is told in the pages of this book.
Titolo autorizzato: Mapping the frontier  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-60893-461-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910821104703321
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