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| Verfasst von: | Madsen, Steven K.  |
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| Titel: | Exploring desert stone |
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| Titelzusatz: | John N. Macomb's 1859 expedition to the canyonlands of the Colorado |
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| Verf.angabe: | Steven K. Madsen |
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| Verlagsort: | Logan, Utah |
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| Verlag: | Utah State University Press |
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| Jahr: | 2010 |
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| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 273 pages, [14] pages of plates) |
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| Fussnoten: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
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| ISBN: | 978-0-87421-707-0 |
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| | 0-87421-708-3 |
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| | 978-1-283-07803-0 |
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| | 1-283-07803-1 |
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| | 978-0-87421-708-7 |
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| | 0-87421-707-5 |
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| Abstract: | 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. government expedition to explore the canyon country and the Four Corners area was led by John Macomb of the army's topographical engineers. The soldiers and scientists followed in part the Old Spanish Trail, whose location they documented and verified. Seeking to find the confluence of the Colorado |
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| | 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. government expedition to explore the canyon country and the Four Corners area was led by John Macomb of the army's topographical engineers. The soldiers and scientists followed in part the Old Spanish Trail, whose location they documented and verified. Seeking to find the confluence of the Colorado |
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| URL: | kostenfrei: Volltext: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt4cgq2n |
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| | kostenfrei: Verlag: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt4cgq2n |
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| Datenträger: | Online-Ressource |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Bibliogr. Hinweis: | Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Madsen, Steven K: Exploring desert stone. - Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©2010 |(DLC)2009031474 |
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| Sach-SW: | Macomb, J. N |
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| | SCIENCE ; Earth Sciences ; General |
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| | HISTORY ; United States ; 19th Century |
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| | Discoveries in geography |
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| | Geography |
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| | Travel |
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| | Expedition |
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| | United States |
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| | North America ; Colorado River |
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| | United States ; Four Corners Region |
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| | Colorado |
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| | Old Spanish Trail |
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| | USA |
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| | History |
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| | Sources |
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| K10plus-PPN: | 1008655228 |
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| Lokale URL UB: |  Zum Volltext |
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978-0-87421-707-0,0-87421-708-3,978-1-283-07803-0,1-283-07803-1,978-0-87421-708-7,0-87421-707-5
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