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This book chronicles the fascinating story of the enthusiastic, stalwart, and talented naturalists who were drawn to California's spectacular natural bounty over the decades from 1786, when the La Prouse Expedition arrived at Monterey, to the Death Valley expedition in 1890-91, the proclaimed &...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Beidleman, Richard G. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Scientific expeditions.
Naturalists.
Natural history.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
NATURE > Reference.
NATURE > Essays.
Naturalistes > Californie > Histoire.
Expeditions scientifiques > Californie.
Sciences naturelles > Californie.
Naturalists > California > History.
Scientific expeditions > California.
Natural history > California.
California.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book chronicles the fascinating story of the enthusiastic, stalwart, and talented naturalists who were drawn to California's spectacular natural bounty over the decades from 1786, when the La Prouse Expedition arrived at Monterey, to the Death Valley expedition in 1890-91, the proclaimed "end" of the American frontier. Richard G. Beidleman's engaging and marvelously detailed narrative describes these botanists, zoologists, geologists, paleontologists, astronomers, and ethnologists as they camped under stars and faced blizzards, made discoveries and amassed collections, kept journals and
Descripción Física:1 online resource (499 pages).
ISBN:9780520927506

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