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The Making of the Great West 1512-1883.
Annotation.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Scituate :
Digital Scanning, Incorporated,
Jan. 2001.
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| Edición: | Reprint. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""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 MISSISSIPPI""; ""THE 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 MISSOURI""; ""THEY 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 CENTURY""; ""ISABELLA 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""