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Explorers of the American West
Mapping the World through Primary Documents
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eBook - ePub
Explorers of the American West
Mapping the World through Primary Documents
About this book
With original primary source documents, this anthology brings readers into the vast unknown 19th-century American West—through the eyes of the explorers who saw it for the first time.
This volume brings together book excerpts, maps, and illustrations from 12 explorers from the 19th century, highlighting their lives and contributions. Arranged chronologically, the 10 chapters focus on individual explorers, with biographies and background information about and document excerpts from each person. The chapters offer analyses of each document's relevance to the historical period, geographic knowledge, and cultural perspective.
This guide shares the important contributions from explorers like Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, Jedediah Smith, James P. Beckwourth, John C. Fremont, Susan Magoffin, and John Wesley Powell. It also nurtures readers' historical literacy by modeling historians' methods of analyzing primary sources. Readers will see new and familiar events from different perspectives, including that of a woman traveling along the Santa Fe Trail, one of the most famous African American mountain men, and a Civil War veteran, among many others.
This volume brings together book excerpts, maps, and illustrations from 12 explorers from the 19th century, highlighting their lives and contributions. Arranged chronologically, the 10 chapters focus on individual explorers, with biographies and background information about and document excerpts from each person. The chapters offer analyses of each document's relevance to the historical period, geographic knowledge, and cultural perspective.
This guide shares the important contributions from explorers like Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, Jedediah Smith, James P. Beckwourth, John C. Fremont, Susan Magoffin, and John Wesley Powell. It also nurtures readers' historical literacy by modeling historians' methods of analyzing primary sources. Readers will see new and familiar events from different perspectives, including that of a woman traveling along the Santa Fe Trail, one of the most famous African American mountain men, and a Civil War veteran, among many others.
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Yes, you can access Explorers of the American West by Jay H. Buckley,Jeffery D. Nokes in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Military & Maritime History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Selected Chronology
- Chapter 1: Lewis and Clark Expedition, October 1803–September 1806
- Chapter 2: Zebulon Pike’s Expeditions, 1805–1807, and Pike’s “Dissertation of Louisiana,” 1808
- Chapter 3: David Thompson’s Travels, 1797–1812
- Chapter 4: Travels of Wilson Price Hunt, 1811–1812, and Robert Stuart, 1812–1813
- Chapter 5: Stephen H. Long’s Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, 1819–1820
- Chapter 6: Jedediah Smith’s Southwest Expedition, 1826–1827, and Second Expedition, 1827–1828
- Chapter 7: Susan Shelby Magoffin on the Santa Fe Trail, 1846–1847
- Chapter 8: James P. Beckwourth’s Travels, 1820s–1850s
- Chapter 9: John C. Frémont’s First and Second Expeditions, June 1842–July 1844
- Chapter 10: John Wesley Powell’s Travels, 1875–1881
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors