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1 online resource (350 pages) |
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""THE MAKING OF THE GREAT WEST 1512-1883""; ""PREFACE.""; ""CONTENTS.""; ""GROUP I.�THREE RIVAL CIVILIZATIONS.""; ""I. The Spaniards.""; ""AN HISTORIC ERA""; ""DE SOTO�S DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI""; ""DEATH AND BURIAL OF DE SOTO""; ""THE INDIANS OF FLORIDA""; ""HOW NEW MEXICO CAME TO BE EXPLORED""; ""“THE MARVELLOUS COUNTRY�""; ""FOLK LORE OF THE PUEBLOS""; ""LAST DAYS OF CHARLES V. AND PHILIP II""; ""SWORD AND GOWN IN CALIFORNIA""; ""II. The French.""; ""PRELUDE""; ""WESTWARD BY THE GREAT INLAND WATERWAYS""; ""THE SITUATION IN A.D. 1672""; ""COUNT FRONTENAC"" |
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""JOLIET AND M ARQUETTE""""THE MAN LA SALLE""; ""LA SALLE, PRINCE OF EXPLORERS ""; ""DISCOVERY OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI""; ""THE LOST COLONY: ST. LOUIS OF TEXAS""; ""IBERVILLE FOUNDS LOUISIANA""; ""FRANCE WINS THE PRIZE""; ""LOUIS XIV""; ""III. The English.""; ""THE BLEAK NORTH-WEST COAST""; ""HUDSON�S BAY TO THE SOUTH SEA""; ""THE RUSSIANS IN ALASKA""; ""ENGLAND ON THE PACIFIC""; ""QUEEN ELIZABETH""; ""Interlude.""; ""WHAT JONATHAN CARVER AIMED TO DO IN 1766""; ""JOHN LEDYARD�S IDEA""; ""A YANKEE SHIP DISCOVERS THE COLUMBIA RIVER""; ""THE WEST AT THE OPENING OF THE CENTURY"" |
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""GROUP II.�BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN IDEA.""""I . America for Americans.""; ""ACQUISITION OF LOUISIANA""; ""A GLANCE AT OUR PURCHASE""; ""II. The Path finders.""; ""LEWIS AND CLARKE ASCEND THE MISSOURI""; ""THEY CROSS THE CONTINENT""; ""PIKE EXPLORES THE ARKANSAS VALLEY""; ""NEW MEXICO IN 1807""; ""GOLD IN COLORADO -- A TRAPPER'S STORY""; ""THE FLAG IN OREGON""; ""LOUISIANA ADMITTED 1812""; ""III. The Oregon Trail.""; ""THE TRAPPER, BACKWOODSMAN, AND EMIGRANT""; ""LONG EXPLORES THE PLATTE VALLEY""; ""MISSOURI AND THE COMPROMISE OF 1821""; ""ARKANSAS ADMITTED 1836"" |
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""THOMAS H. BENTON�S IDEA""""WITH THE VANGUARD TO OREGON""; ""TEXAS ADMITTED""; ""Interlude.""; ""NEW POLITICAL IDEAS""; ""IOWA ADMITTED""; ""THE WAR WITH MEXICO""; ""CONQUEST OF NEW MEXICO""; ""TAKING OF CALIFORNIA""; ""THE MORMONS IN UTAH""; ""GROUP III.�GOLD IN CALIFORNIA, AND WHAT IT LED TO.""; ""I. The Great Emigration.""; ""EL DORADO FOUND AT LAST""; ""SWARMING THROUGH THE GOLDEN GATE""; ""THE CALIFORNIA PIONEERS""; ""CALIFORNIA A FREE STATE""; ""ARIZONA""; ""II. The Contest for Free Soil.""; ""THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA STRUGGLE""; ""KANSAS THE BATTLE-GROUND"" |
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""THE BATTLE FOUGHT AND WON""""TWO FREE STATES ADMITTED""; ""III. The Crown of the Continent.""; ""GOLD IN COLORADO, AND THE RUSH THERE""; ""THE PACIFIC RAILROADS""; ""KANSAS, NEVADA, NEBRASKA, AND COLORADO ADMITTED""; ""THE RECENT STATES""; ""THE WORK OF EIGHTY YEARS""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.""; ""TAKING POSSESSION FOR FRANCE""; ""SPANISH ARMS""; ""SHIP OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY""; ""ISABELLA OF SPAIN""; ""MEDAL OF CHARLES V""; ""PONCE DE LEON""; ""BALBOA DISCOVERING THE PACIFIC""; ""FRENCH MAP OF 1542. FROM JOMARD""; ""DE SOTO""; ""SOLDIER OF 1585""; ""CUBAN BLOODHOUND"" |
| Summary |
Annotation. Originally published over 100 years ago, The Making of the Great West is Samuel Adams Drake's incredible description of the history of settling the land west of the Mississippi. Although designed for young people, Drake also makes this story attractive to adults who are looking for a compact, intelligent view of the history of the making of the great west. Broken down into three sections, each has it's own descriptive notes, maps, plans and pictorial illustrations |
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Young Adult Audience Digital Scanning, Incorporated |
| Notes |
12-up Digital Scanning, Incorporated |
| Subject |
Discoveries in geography
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| SUBJECT |
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1512-1883
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West (U.S.) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146151
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America -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004240
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America
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West United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781582184395 |
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1582184399 |
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