Details

Subject(s)

• Discoveries in geography—American [Browse]
• West (U.S.)—Discovery and exploration [Browse]
• West (U.S.)—Surveys [Browse]
• United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers—History [Browse]

Series

• Yale publications in American studies 4. [More in this series]
• Yale publications in American studies ; 4 [More in this series]

Summary note

This book tells the story of the U.S. Army's role in exploring the trans-Mississippi West, particularly the role of the Topographical Engineers. An interdisciplinary book, it addresses the military's role in the founding of archeology and ethnology in this country and includes art and photography as part of the story.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-480) and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• A new kind of explorer
• Into the mountain man's West
• John C. Fremont
• The Mexican War reconnaissance
• The boundary survey
• Exploring the new domain, 1848-1853
• The Pacific Railroad surveys
• The Savants and the surveys
• The wagon road program
• War and Western exploration
• The Sioux country
• Epilogue.

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LCCN

59012694

OCLC

1856502

RCP

H - S

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