Overland Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi West - Expeditions and Writers of the American Frontier

In 1528, the Spanish explorer Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and his three companions were shipwrecked and, looking for help, began an eight-year trek through the deserts of the American West. Over three centuries later, the four "Great Surveys" in the United States were consolidated into the U.S. Geological Survey.
The frontiers were the lands near or beyond the recognized international, national, regional, or tribal borders. Over the centuries, they hosted a complicated series of international explorations of lands inhabited by American Indians, Spanish, French-Canadians, British, and Americans. These explorations were undertaken for wide-ranging reasons including geographical, scientific, artistic-literary, and for the growth of the railroad. This history covers over 350 years of exploration of the West.

About the author

Hunt Janin is an American writer living in southwestern France. He has written numerous nonfiction and scholarly books on a range of subjects, including medieval history and cross-cultural studies.Ursula Carlson is a professor emerita at Western Nevada College, Carson City, Nevada.

Product details

• Authors: Ursula Carlson, Hunt Janin
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.04.2020
• EAN: 9781476678672
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-7867-2
• No. of pages: 193
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 263 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Travel writing, Geographical discovery & exploration, History of the Americas, Geographical discovery and exploration, Western & Pacific Coast states, US West: Pacific States