At the same time that he charged Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the great Northwest, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned William Dunbar and George Hunter to make a parallel journey through the southern unmapped regions of the Louisiana Purchase. From October 16, 1804, to January 26, 1805, Dunbar and Hunter, both renowned scientists, made their way through what is now northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas, ascending the Ouachita River and investigating the natural curiosity called "the hot springs." The Forgotten Expedition, 1804-1805 represents the first time that their daily journals -- which describe the flora and fauna, geology, weather, and native peoples they encountered along the way -- appear in a single volume.
The team of the "Grand Expedition," as it was optimistically named, was the first to send its findings on the newly annexed territory to the president, who received Dunbar and Hunter's detailed journals with pleasure. They include descriptions of flora and fauna, geology, weather, landscapes, and native peoples and European settlers, as well as astronomical and navigational records that allowed the first accurate English maps of the region and its waterways to be produced. Their scientific experiments conducted at the hot springs may be among the first to discover a microscopic phenomena still under research today.
Extensively annotated and carefully researched, The Forgotten Expedition completes the picture of the Louisiana Purchase presented through the journals of explorers Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, and Thomas Freeman and Peter Custis. It is a treasure of the early natural history of North America and the first depiction of this new U.S. southern frontier.
Автор: Alan Taylor Название: American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 ISBN: 0393354768 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780393354768 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 17940.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: From a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, a fresh, authoritative history that recasts thinking about America`s founding period.
Автор: Vinkovetsky Ilya Название: Russian America: An Overseas Colony of a Continental Empire, 1804-1867 ISBN: 0199385068 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199385065 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 28500.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Interpreting Russia`s nineteenth-century colonial system in Alaska, Russian America looks at how the Russians governed the indigenous people of their American colony and the ways in which they drew upon their experience in Siberia and other imperial models.
Название: American political writing during the founding era, 1760-1805 ISBN: 0865970416 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780865970410 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 28530.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Provides a selection of seventy-six essays, pamphlets, speeches, and letters to newspapers written between 1760 and 1805 by American political and religious leaders.
Автор: Jefferson Thomas Название: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 44: 1 July to 10 November 1804 ISBN: 0691194378 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691194370 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 149950.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Aaron Burr fells Alexander Hamilton in a duel in July, but Jefferson, caring little for either adversary or for disruptive partisan warfare, gives the event only limited notice. He contends with the problem of filling the offices necessary for the establishment of Orleans Territory on October 1. He is constrained by his lack of knowledge about potential officeholders. Meanwhile, a delegation with a memorial from disgruntled Louisianians travels to Washington. In August, the U.S. Mediterranean squadron bombards Tripoli. The United States has uneasy relationships around its periphery. Jefferson compiles information on British "aggressions" in American ports and waters, and drafts a bill to allow federal judges and state governors to call on military assistance when British commanders spurn civil authority. Another bill seeks to prevent merchant ships from arming for trade with Haiti. Contested claims to West Florida, access to the Gulf of Mexico, tensions along the Texas-Louisiana boundary, and unresolved maritime claims exacerbate relations with Spain. Jefferson continues his policy of pushing Native American nations to give up their lands east of the Mississippi River. Yellow fever has devastating effects in New Orleans. Abigail Adams terminates the brief revival of their correspondence, musing that "Affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight." In November, Jefferson delivers his annual message to Congress. He also commences systematic records to manage his guest lists for official dinners.
Автор: Madison James, Hackett Mary A., Stagg J. C. a. Название: The Papers of James Madison, Volume 9: 1 February 1805-30 June 1805 ISBN: 0813930987 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813930985 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 79420.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Writing from the vantage point of America`s unrivaled global dominance, historians have tended to see in the young nation the superpower it would become. This argues that, for all its vaunted claims of distinctiveness and the soaring rhetoric of "manifest destiny", the young republic exhibited a set of anxieties not uncommon among nation-states that have emerged from long periods of colonial rule.
A definitive scholarly edition of the retirement papers of Thomas Jefferson
The 612 documents in this volume include Jefferson's notes on his early career, one of the lengthiest papers of his retirement. Often misleadingly called his autobiography, the text describes Jefferson's experience as an American revolutionary, a legislator shaping and revising Virginia's laws, and a United States diplomat in France as its own revolution neared. Jefferson sits for a portrait by Thomas Sully commissioned for West Point. He takes the unusual step of allowing his recommendation of a book by John Taylor to be published, insuring a wide circulation of Jefferson's views on the proper balance between state and federal powers, and in a private letter he asserts that the federal judiciary is amassing overarching power, "ever acting, with noiseless foot, & unalarming advance, gaining ground step by step, and holding what it gains." Jefferson receives a description of an African American commemoration of the nation's 1807 ban on the importation of slaves. Jefferson advises that the opening of the University of Virginia is not imminent even as he oversees its construction and defends the high cost, stating as his goal, "to do, not what was to perish with ourselves, but what would remain, be respected and preserved thro' other ages."
Автор: Jefferson, Thomas Название: Papers of thomas jefferson, retirement series, volume 1: 4 march 1809 to 15 november 1809 ISBN: 0691121214 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691121215 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 149950.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Includes first-hand accounts of Thomas Jefferson`s demeanor at his successor`s inauguration and one of the most detailed descriptions of life at Monticello by a visitor. This volume tells of his efforts to restore order at his mismanaged mill complex, breed merino sheep, and otherwise resume full control of his financial and agricultural affairs.
Автор: Perkins Bradford Название: Prologue to War 1805-1812: England and the United States ISBN: 0520316053 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520316058 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 44350.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1961.
