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The natural history of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820) /
A little over 170 years ago-hardly a moment on the clock of history-one half of the United States was empty of all but Indians and the plants and game on which they subsisted. Indeed, acquiring the Louisiana Territory approximately doubled the size of the United States, adding 800,000 square miles o...
| 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:
- Cover
- COVER
- CONTENTS
- 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 I58; ANIMALS 40;OTHER THAN INSECTS41; DESCRIBED BY THOMAS SAY IN THE ACCOUNT OF THE LONG EXPEDITION44; 18198212;1820
- Appendix II58; INSECTS DESCRIBED BY THOMAS SAY FROM SPECIMENS COLLECTED ON THE LONG EXPEDITION44; 18198212;1820
- Appendix III58; PLANTS NEWLY DISCOVERED AND DESCRIBED FROM THE LONG EXPEDITION44; 1820
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- Last Page.