The natural history of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1819-1820 / Howard Ensign Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Howard E. (Howard Ensign), 1919- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stephen H. Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820).

Natural history--West (U.S.).

Natural history.

West (U.S.)--Description and travel.

West (U.S.).

Local Subjects:

Stephen H. Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Acquiring the Louisiana Territory almost doubled the size of the USA, adding 800,000 square miles of land scarcely explored or mapped. This text offers a history of the 1819 expedition - the first scientific exploration of the territory to be accompanied by trained naturalists and artists.

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 SETTING THE STAGE; 2 CAST OF CHARACTERS; 3 DOWN THE OHIO; 4 UP THE MISSOURI; 5 OVERWINTERING AT ENGINEER CANTONMENT; 6 NEW PLANS AND A NEW CAST OF CHARACTERS; 7 TO THE ROCKIES; 8 EXPLORING THE FRONT RANGE; 9 DOWN THE ARKANSAS; 10 THE SEARCH FOR THE RED RIVER; 11 EPIILOGUE; Appendix I: ANIMALS (OTHER THAN INSECTS) DESCRIBED BY THOMAS SAY IN THE ACCOUNT OF THE LONG EXPEDITION, 1819-1820; Appendix II: INSECTS DESCRIBED BY THOMAS SAY FROM SPECIMENS COLLECTED ON THE LONG EXPEDITION, 1819-1820; Appendix III: PLANTS NEWLY DISCOVERED AND DESCRIBED FROM THE LONG EXPEDITION, 1820

BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Bibliography: p251-254. _ Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770169-8

1-280-52932-6

9786610529322

0-19-535476-1

OCLC:

476014603