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Adventures of Captain Bonneville

Anglais · Livre de poche

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Klappentext Carrying orders to collect information on the geography! geology! and topography " of the Country within the limits of the Territories belonging to the United States! between our frontier and the Pacific! " Captain James Bonneville set out for points west in 1832. He was gone nearly five years and was thought to be dead. But Bonneville had befriended a mountain man named Joseph Rutherford Walker! and the two made extensive journeys through the West! becoming the first white men to see Yosemite. Returning by a southern route across the Sierras! they discovered the Walker Pass and Utah' s Bonneville Salt Flats. Captain Bonneville enjoyed half a decade of amazing escapades and discoveries. Upon his return to civilization! he met Washington Irving! by then already an internationally recognized writer. Irving was fascinated by Bonneville' s tales and details of life among the mountains! trappers! and Native Americans. Drawing from Bonneville' s personal journals! Irving created this celebrated volume of stories in 1837. With a new introduction by series editor Anthony Brandt and a National Geographic map of Bonneville' s journey! Irving' s masterful storytelling emerges as a fresh and immediate account of a long-lost era of American history. "The Adventures of Captain Bonneville is a valuable portrait of the wonders of the West and the remarkable men who first explored it.

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Auteurs Washington Irving
Edition National Geographic Society
 
Langues Anglais
Format d'édition Livre de poche
Sortie 01.07.2003
 
EAN 9780792237433
ISBN 978-0-7922-3743-3
Pages 416
Dimensions 153 mm x 228 mm x 21 mm
Thèmes National Geographic Adventure
National Geographic Adventure Classics
National Geographic Adventure Classics
Catégories Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres
Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Géographie

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