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ISBN Number: 9780803228610
Subtitle: Atlas of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Written by: Moulton, Gary
Editor: Moulton, Gary E.
Written by: Clark, William
Written by: Moulton, Gary E.
Written by: Lewis, Meriwether
Written by: Clark
Published by: University of Nebraska Press
Location: Lincoln :
Filed Under: Maps
Filed Under: United States, 19th Century/Old West
Filed Under: West (u.s.)
Filed Under: Atlases
Filed Under: North America
Filed Under: United States, 19th Century
Filed Under: Lewis and clark expedition (1804-1806)
Filed Under: Northwestern states
Filed Under: Columbia River
Filed Under: Missouri River
Filed Under: West
Filed Under: West (U.S.) Discovery and exploration.
Filed Under: Northwestern States Maps.
Filed Under: Atlases, General
Copyright: 1983
Edition Description: Trade Cloth
Series: Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Series Volume: 01
Date of Publication: 19830701
Cover Type: Hardback
Written in: English
Illustrations: Maps
Number of Pages: 186
Book Size: 19.5 x 13.75 in 7.3 lb
When the Corps of Discovery left the vicinity of St. Louis in 1804 to explore the American West, they had only sketchy knowledge of the terrain that they were to cross—existing maps often contained large blank spaces and wild inaccuracies. William Clark painstakingly mapped every mile of the journey,
Drawing from both direct observation and from the
Industry Reports of Indians and a few fur traders. On their return Lewis and Clark directed the execution of new maps detailing with remarkable accuracy the features of the country that they had traversed.
Review:
"Moulton not only edited the transcriptions of the journal entries; he also provided a detailed index and oversaw a team of consultants who provided expert annotations on botany, zoology, astronomy,
Archaeology, linguists and medicine. As a result, readers can understand the expedition in its full context. It's no wonder that the series has received many plaudits."
Omaha World HeraldReview:
"Lewis and Clark loom over the narrative literature of the West as the Rockies loom over the rivers that run through them. These
Journals are to the narrative of the American West as the
Iliad is to the epic or as
Don Quixote is to the novel: a first exemplar so great as to contain in embryo the genre's full potential. The narrative
Writing about the West that came before Lewis and Clark seems fragmentary and slight; what came after them seems insipid and slight, lacking both the scale and the force of those Journals."
Larry McMurtry in the New York Review of BooksReview:
"A veritable treasure trove....An invaluable companion volume to the account of the expedition in the volumes that [follow]." American Cartographer
Review:
"In all ways this is a class act." Western Historical Quarterly
Review:
"[The introduction is] the definitive work on the cartography of the Lewis and Clark expedition....[The maps] are incredibly beautiful arranged and organized with a clarity of
Reproduction that would be difficult to match."
Great Plains Quarterly
