Frontier Naturalist : Jean Louis Berlandier and the Exploration of Northern Mexico and Texas /

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This is a true story of discovery and discoverers in what was the northern frontier region of Mexico in the years before the Mexican War. In 1826, when the story begins, the region was claimed by both Mexico and the United States. Neither country knew much about the lands crossed by such rivers as t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lawson, Russell M., 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Berlandier, Jean Louis, > -1851
Berlandier, Jean Louis, > -1851 > Travel.
Travel.
Scientific expeditions.
Naturalists.
Natural history.
Explorers.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
NATURE > Reference.
NATURE > Essays.
Naturalistes > France > Biographies.
Expeditions scientifiques > Texas (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Expeditions scientifiques > Mexique (Nord) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Sciences naturelles > Texas (Sud)
Sciences naturelles > Mexique (Nord)
Explorers > Texas, South > Biography.
Explorers > Mexico, North > Biography.
Naturalists > France > Biography.
Scientific expeditions > Texas, South > History > 19th century.
Scientific expeditions > Mexico, North > History > 19th century.
Natural history > Texas, South.
Natural history > Mexico, North.
South Texas.
North Mexico.
France.
Mexique (Nord) > Descriptions et voyages.
Texas, South > Description and travel.
Mexico, North > Description and travel.
Biographies.
History.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Savant of Matamoros
  • Lock of the Rhône
  • Río Pánuco
  • The Arms of God
  • River of the Comanches
  • Father of Rivers
  • Waters of the High Sierra
  • Río Bravo del Norte
  • River of Death
  • Appendix One: Fauna and Flora Named for Jean Louis Berlandier
  • Appendix Two: Chronology of the Journeys of Jean Louis Berlandier.

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