Lewis & Clark reframed examining ties to Cook, Vancouver, and Mackenzie

Lewis and Clark in the Age of Cook -- Exploring under the Influence of Alexander Mackenzie -- The Rhyme of the Great Navigator: The Literature of Captain Cook and Its Influences on the Journals of Lewis and Clark -- The Missing Journals: Some Clues on the Upper Missouri -- The Illusion of Cape Disap...

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1. Verfasser: Nicandri, David L. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Jenkinson, Clay S. (VerfasserIn eines Vorworts)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Pullman, Washington Washington State University Press 2020
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Zusammenfassung:Lewis and Clark in the Age of Cook -- Exploring under the Influence of Alexander Mackenzie -- The Rhyme of the Great Navigator: The Literature of Captain Cook and Its Influences on the Journals of Lewis and Clark -- The Missing Journals: Some Clues on the Upper Missouri -- The Illusion of Cape Disappointment -- Meriwether Lewis: The Solitary Hero -- Pure Water: Lewis's Homesickness at Fort Clatsop -- Lewis's "dear friend" Mahlon Dickerson and the Fate of Early Nineteenth-Century American Exploration -- Whither the Exploration of Lewis and Clark: Recent Trends and Future Directions
"A former Washington State Historical Society director examines the Corps of Discovery's journey after they crossed the Rocky Mountains. He places curious and seemingly inexplicable aspects of the Lewis and Clark Expedition story into a broader historical context, and reveals how earlier explorers and fur traders influenced the American captains"--
Beschreibung:xxvii, 156 Seiten
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23 cm
ISBN:9780874223804
978-0-8742-2380-4