Southern Counterpart to Lewis and Clark, Volume 67: The Freeman and Custis Expedition of 1806 Contributor(s): Freeman, Thomas (Author), Custis, Peter (Author), Flores, Dan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0806119411 ISBN-13: 9780806119410 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Binding Type: Paperback Published: April 2019 Annotation: Presents the primary documents created by Freeman and Custis during their ill-fated attempt to explore the Louisiana territory and areas West of the Mississippi in 1806. President Thomas Jefferson minimized their failure by focussing on the success of Lewis and Clark. Click for more in this series: American Exploration and Travel |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - History | Expeditions & Discoveries |
Dewey: 976.36 |
LCCN: 85047833 |
Series: American Exploration and Travel |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.94" W x 9.08" L (1.21 lbs) 412 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Geographic Orientation - Texas |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In 1806 President Thomas Jefferson sent cartographer Thomas Freeman and botanist Peter Custis to explore the southen Louisiana Purchase westward to the Rocky Moutnains. Stopped by a Spanish army in what is today extreme southern Oklahoma, they did not complete their mission. President Jefferson minimized their failure by focusing instead on the success of their northern counterparts Lewis and Clark. Hence the fame of Lewis and Clark and the virtual anonymity of Freeman and Custis-until now, thanks to editor Dan L. Flores. Dan Flores presents the primary documents created by Freeman and Custis during their ill-fated attempt to explore the Louisiana territory and areas west of the Mississippi in 1806. |
Contributor Bio(s): Flores, Dan: - Dan Flores is retired as A. B. Hammond Professor of History at the University of Montana, Missoula. He is the author of numerous books, including Visions of the Big Sky: Painting and Photographing the Northern Rocky Mountain West and The Natural West: Environmental History in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. |
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