Frontier naturalist : Jean Louis Berlandier and the exploration of northern Mexico and Texas / Russell M. Lawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawson, Russell M., 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history--Mexico, North.

Natural history.

Natural history--Texas, South.

Scientific expeditions--Mexico, North--History--19th century.

Scientific expeditions.

Scientific expeditions--Texas, South--History--19th century.

Naturalists--France--Biography.

Naturalists.

Explorers--Mexico, North--Biography.

Explorers.

Explorers--Texas, South--Biography.

Mexico, North--Description and travel.

Mexico, North.

Texas, South--Description and travel.

Texas, South.

Berlandier, Jean Louis, -1851--Travel.

Berlandier, Jean Louis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1826, Jean Louis Berlandier, a French naturalist, was part of a team sent to explore what is now northern Mexico and the Gulf Coast of Texas. Here, historian Russell Lawson tells the story of this multinational expedition, using Berlandier's copious records as a way of conveying his view of the natural environment.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613933713

9781283621267

1283621266

9780826352194

0826352197

OCLC:

813844030