The Forgotten Expedition, 1804-1805 - 9780807131657
Un libro in lingua di Trey Berry Pam Beasley Jeanne Clements William Dunbar George Hunter edito da Louisiana State Univ Pr, 2006
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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.
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.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Forgotten Expedition, 1804-1805
- Sottotitolo: The Louisiana Purchase Journals of Dunbar And Hunter
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Trey Berry Pam Beasley Jeanne Clements William Dunbar George Hunter
- Editore: Louisiana State Univ Pr
- Collana: Louisiana State Univ Pr (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 30 Luglio '06
- Genere: HISTORY
- Argomenti : Louisiana Purchase Explorers Southwest, Old Diaries
- Pagine: 248
- Dimensioni mm: 228 x 158 x 31
- ISBN-10: 0807131652
- EAN-13: 9780807131657