Exploring desert stone : John N. Macomb's 1859 expedition to the canyonlands of the Colorado

Exploring desert stone John N. Macomb's 1859 expedition to the canyonlands of the Colorado

The confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers, now in Canyonlands National Park, near popular tourist destination Moab, still cannot be reached or viewed easily. Much of the surrounding region remained remote and rarely visited for decades after settlement of other parts of the West. The first U.S...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Madsen, Steven K. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press c2010.
Materias:
Macomb, J. N. > (John N.), > 1810 or 11-1889 > Travel > Four Corners Region.
United States. > Army. > Corps of Topographical Engineers.
Geological surveys > Four Corners Region > History > 19th century.
Geological surveys > Four Corners Region > History > 19th century > Sources.
Scientific expeditions > Four Corners Region > History > 19th century.
Canyons > Four Corners Region > History > 19th century.
Paleontology > Four Corners Region > History > 19th century.
Four Corners Region > Geography.
Four Corners Region > Discovery and exploration.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Discovery and exploration.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430343106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The story of the Macomb San Juan exploring expedition
  • Organizing the expedition
  • The expedition
  • The expedition's aftermath
  • The bones and the map
  • Epilogue
  • Selected documents of th San Juan exploring expedition
  • The camps of the San Juan exploring expedition
  • Diary of Charles H. Dimmock
  • Topographical memoir of Charles H. Dimmock
  • Abridged diary of John S. Newberry
  • 1859 letters of John N. Macomb, Jr., to his wife
  • Letters of John S. Newberry to Spencer F. Baird
  • Letters of Frederick W. von Egloffstein to John N. Macomb, Jr.

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