Overland Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi West
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7867-2 (ISBN)
In 1528, the Spanish explorer Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and his three companions were shipwrecked and, looking for help, began an eight-year trek through the deserts of the American West. Over three centuries later, the four "Great Surveys" in the United States were consolidated into the U.S. Geological Survey.
The frontiers were the lands near or beyond the recognized international, national, regional, or tribal borders. Over the centuries, they hosted a complicated series of international explorations of lands inhabited by American Indians, Spanish, French-Canadians, British, and Americans. These explorations were undertaken for wide-ranging reasons including geographical, scientific, artistic-literary, and for the growth of the railroad. This history covers over 350 years of exploration of the West.
Hunt Janin is an American writer living in southwestern France. He has written numerous nonfiction and scholarly books on a range of subjects, including medieval history and cross-cultural studies. Ursula Carlson is a professor emerita at Western Nevada College, Carson City, Nevada.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Overview of the North American Frontiers
2. Goals of the International Rivals
3. Maritime Explorations
4. Beginnings of Overland Exploration of the Frontiers
5. Pathfinding and Exploration-Settlement Expeditions
6. Life on the Trails
7. “Runners of the woods” and Other Travelers
8. To Wait Patiently by Hudson Bay
9. Taking Great Pains to Get Along with the Indians
10. Descended from Five Generations of “waryers” [warriors]
11. A Famous Explorer Follows a “grease trail” to the Pacific Ocean
12. The Great Lewis and Clark Expedition
13. “An atlas of the West”
14. Creating a “fur desert”
15. How to Hunt Buffalo
16. Wanting to Become President of the United States
17. Mountain Man Slang
18. “Chastise them well”
19. A Nevada Outlaw Named Slade
20. The Great Surveys
21. A Famous Book: The Big Bonanza
22. Conclusions: Why the Explorations of the North American Frontiers Are So Important
Annotated Chronology, 1492–1879
Appendix 1: The Fur Trade in New France
Appendix 2: Exploration by Canoe: The Coureurs de Bois and the Voyageurs
Appendix 3: The Railroad Surveys
Appendix 4: Early Explorations of the Yellowstone Region, 1797–1871
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 24.08.2020 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | chronology, appendices, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 263 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-7867-7 / 1476678677 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-7867-2 / 9781476678672 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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