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The Natural History of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820).
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.