Exploration & Empire

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Exploration & Empire

Entry/Object ID

L2019.13.123

Description

Exploration & Empire. The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American West. This book won the Pulitzer Price for History in 1967. About the exploration of the American West. Detailing the time period from Lewis and Clark (1803-1806) to John Wesley Powell (1890) Mr. Goetzmann covers many major exploration influences from the fur trapping days, to the Army's extensive topographical studies and the Border examinations, to the exacting surveys conducted by the Department of the Interior. 653/Softbound/Black with illustration of four men by a river/Illustrations/Maps

Collection

Robidoux Collection by Hugh Lewis

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Archaeology, Cartography, Geology

Search Terms

American Fur Company, Blackfeet, Ethnographic, Great Salt Lake, Green River, Mountain Men, St. Louis, Missouri

Book Details

Author

Goetzmann, William H.

Edition

First Vintage Books

Place Published

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Date Published

1972

Call No.

Robidoux GO

ISBN

0-394-71805-4

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jun 24, 2019

Relationships

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William H. Ashley

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Thomas Hart Benton

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Benjamin L. E. Bonneville

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William H. Brewer

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Catlin, George

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George Armstrong Custer

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William H. Emory

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John C. Fremont

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James T. Gardiner

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F. V. Hayden

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Clarence King

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Lewis, Meriwether

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William Clark

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John Wesley Powell

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Smith, Jedediah

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Antonie Robidoux

Person or Organization

Michel Robidoux