Zebulon Pike, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
In life and in death, fame and glory eluded Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813). The ambitious young military officer and explorer, best known for a mountain peak that he neither scaled nor named, was destined to live in the shadows of more famous contemporaries-explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. This collection of thought-provoking essays rescues Pike from his undeserved obscurity. It does so by providing a nuanced assessment of Pike and his actions within the larger context of American imperial ambition in the time of Jefferson.Pike's accomplishments as an explorer and mapmaker and as a soldier during the War of 1812 has been tai…
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Weitere Autoren: Buckley, Jay H. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8061-6910-1
- EAN: 9780806169101
- Produktnummer: 36008339
- Verlag: Univ Of Oklahoma Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.5 cm 421 g
- Gewicht: 421
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