The Forgotten Expedition, 1804-1805 : The Louisiana Purchase Journals of Dunbar and Hunter /

"The team of the "Grand Expedition," as it was optimistically named, was the first to send its findings on the newly annexed territory to the president, who received Dunbar and Hunter's detailed journals with pleasure. They include descriptions of flora and fauna, geology, weathe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dunbar, William, 1749-1810
Otros Autores: Clements, Jeanne, Beasley, Pam, Berry, Trey, Hunter, George, 1755-1823
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2006]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Dunbar, William > Forschungsreisender.
Hunter, George > Forschungsreisender.
Hunter, George, > 1755-1823.
Dunbar, William, > 1749-1810.
Hunter, George, > epoque 1804-1805 > Journal intime.
Dunbar, William, > 1749-1810 > Journal intime.
Hunter, George, > 1755-1823 > Diaries.
Dunbar, William, > 1749-1810 > Diaries.
Expedities.
Louisiana Purchase.
Louisiana Purchase
Expedition
Explorers.
Discoveries in geography.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Explorateurs > États-Unis (Vieux Sud-Ouest) > Journaux intimes.
Explorers > Southwest, Old > Diaries.
Verenigde Staten.
Ouachita-Gebiet
United States > Old Southwest.
United States > Ouachita River Region.
Ouachita, Region de l' (Ark. et Louis.) > Decouverte et exploration.
Louisiane > Histoire > 1803 (Achat par les États-Unis)
Ouachita River Region (Ark. and La.) > Discovery and exploration.
Diaries.
Electronic books.
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Descripción
Sumario:"The team of the "Grand Expedition," as it was optimistically named, was the first to send its findings on the newly annexed territory to the president, who received Dunbar and Hunter's detailed journals with pleasure. They include descriptions of flora and fauna, geology, weather, landscapes, and native peoples and European settlers, as well as astronomical and navigational records that allowed the first accurate English maps of the region and its waterways to be produced. Their scientific experiments conducted at the hot springs may be among the first to discover a microscopic phenomena still under research today."--Jacket.
"At the same time that he charged Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the great Northwest, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned William Dunbar and George Hunter to make a parallel journey through the southern unmapped regions of the Louisiana Purchase. From October 16, 1804, to January 26, 1805, Dunbar and Hunter, both renowned scientists, made their way through what is now northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas, ascending the Ouachita River and investigating the natural curiosity called "the hot springs." Though Hunter and Dunbar's journals have the same value and appeal as Lewis's, theirs have long been out of print and have never been published in a single volume. Their daily accounts now appear together, enhanced by a wealth of useful notes."
Notas:Title from PDF title page (viewed on Sept. 19, 2014).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (284 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780807159743

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