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Jefferson & southwestern exploration : the Freeman & Custis accounts of the Red River Expedition of 1806 / edited, with an introduction and epilogue, by Dan L. Flores.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- American exploration and travel series ; v. 67.
- American exploration and travel series ; v. 67
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freeman, Thomas, -1821.
- Freeman, Thomas.
- Custis, Peter.
- Louisiana Purchase.
- Red River (Tex.-La.)--Description and travel.
- Red River (Tex.-La.).
- Southwest, Old--History.
- Southwest, Old.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Jefferson and southwestern exploration.
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1984]
- Summary:
- In 1806 President Thomas Jefferson sent cartographer Thomas Freeman and botanist Peter Custis to explore the southen Louisiana Purchase westward to the Rocky Moutnains. Stopped by a Spanish army in what is today extreme southern Oklahoma, they did not complete their mission. President Jefferson minimized their failure by focusing instead on the success of their northern counterparts Lewis and Clark. Hence the fame of Lewis and Clark and the virtual anonymity of Freeman and Custis-until now, thanks to editor Dan L. Flores. Dan Flores presents the primary documents created by Freeman and Custis during their ill-fated attempt to explore the Louisiana territory and areas west of the Mississippi in 1806.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 345-363.
- ISBN:
- 0806117486
- OCLC:
- 9784028
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