The Journals of Zebulon Montgomery Pike
Author | : Zebulon Montgomery Pike |
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Total Pages | : 638 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Discoveries in geography |
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Author | : Zebulon Montgomery Pike |
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Total Pages | : 638 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Discoveries in geography |
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Author | : Aebulon Montgomery Pike |
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Release | : 1810-01-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781404783157 |
Author | : Zebulon Montgomery Pike |
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Release | : 1966 |
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Author | : William Dunbar |
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Release | : 2017 |
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Description: 3 volumes (bound together). This collection includes three journals bound into one volume: two by William Dunbar and one by Zebulon Pike. Both manuscripts by William Dunbar document the expedition up the Red and Ouachita Rivers to the Hot Springs of Arkansas in 1804-1805. The "Journal... to the Mouth of the Red River" (200p.) is the fullest available record of the activities of the expedition from the time of their departure from St. Catharine's Landing on October 16, 1804, until their return to Natchez, Miss., on January 26, 1805. The "Journal of a geometrical survey" includes a record of course and distances as well as a thermometric log and other brief notes. The two are bound together in a volume with Zebulon Montgomery Pike's journal of a voyage to the source of the Mississippi, 1805-1806. The Pike journal documents the expedition to explore the geography of the Mississippi River led by Lt. Zebulon Montgomery Pike in 1805-1806, and his attempts to purchase sites from the Dakota Indians for future military posts, and to bring influential chiefs back to St. Louis for talks. Less a literary masterpiece than a straightforward record in terse military prose, the journal provides a day by day account of the journey and the activities of Pike and his small contingent during this early exploration of present day Minnesota. It was printed with variations and omissions in An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi and through the Western Parts of Louisiana... (Philadelphia, 1810), and was edited in Donald Jackson, ed., The Journals of Zebulon Pike: with Letters and Related Documents (Norman, Okla., 1966).
Author | : Zebulon Montgomery Pike |
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Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Mississippi River |
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Author | : Stephen Harding Hart |
Publisher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2007-04-16 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780826333902 |
This valuable and long-out-of-print edition of Pike's Southwestern journals is being reissued on the bicentennial of the journey with a new Introduction by historian Mark L. Gardner.
Author | : Zebulon Montgomery Pike |
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Release | : 1801 |
Genre | : Explorers |
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General and personal letters from Zebulon M. Pike to George W., Isabel, Maria, and Major Zebulon Pike.
Author | : Zebulon Montgomery Pike |
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Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : American exploration and travel |
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Complete Journals, etc., annotated of his explorations of the headwaters of the Mississippi in 1805-06, and of Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico in 1806-07.
Author | : George R. Matthews |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2016-02-22 |
Genre | : History |
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Through careful examination of primary documents, this book reveals that the true purpose of Zebulon Pike's western expedition in 1806–1807 was not innocent exploration of the West but an espionage mission in preparation for an American invasion of New Mexico. In 1806, the United States was on the brink of war with Spain over the disputed western boundary of the Louisiana Purchase and anticipated invading New Mexico. Possessing only meager information on the terrain as well as Spanish troop numbers and fortifications, President Thomas Jefferson and General James Wilkinson needed an agent who could cross the continent to Spanish territory all the way to the capital of Santa Fe, provide a plausible "cover story" for being there, and return with the vital information. Zebulon Pike: Thomas Jefferson's Agent for Empire is the story of how Pike carried out his mission as a prelude to an American invasion of New Mexico. This unique book is the first to fully chronicle Pike's 1806–1807 expedition to the Rocky Mountains and beyond, addressing both the exploratory and the clandestine purposes of Pike's western journey. By carefully examining the evidence available in primary documents, which shows that Pike prepared and carried a map showing a route to Santa Fe on his journey, the author overturns the conventional wisdom that Pike became lost searching for the Red River and mistakenly wandered into Spanish territory. This book also presents the Spanish perspective and response to Pike's invasion of Spanish territory and provides historical context to understand the role of Pike's expedition in Thomas Jefferson's quest to build an American "empire for liberty."
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Publisher | : Pikes Peak Library District |
Total Pages | : 323 |
Release | : 2007 |
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ISBN | : 1567352537 |