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Surveying the Record

North American Scientific Exploration to 1930

By: Edward Carlos Carter

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Surveying the Record

North American Scientific Exploration to 1930

By: Edward Carlos Carter

Papers given at a conference on Scientific Exploration in North America to 1930 with topics including Cartography, Oceanic Exploration, Art, Anthropology, Lewis and Clark, and the West. This book adds much to our quest for knowledge of who and where we are by illuminating such themes as the role of maps and mapmaking in defining our national identify, the origins of Western exploration, the cultural clash found in the best-selling account of a 19th-century physician-explorer with Arctic peoples, the role of art in the service of science in bringing these newly discovered places and peoples into the Amer. parlor, and the impact of Mormon farming techniques on John Wesley Powell's famed 1878 Arid Region Report. Black and white maps and illus.

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American Philosophical Society

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0871692317

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9780871692313

"One Grand Pursuit"

A Brief History of the American Philosophical Society's First 250 Years, 1743-1993

By: Edward Carlos Carter

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A Brief History of the American Philosophical Society's First 250 Years, 1743-1993

By: Edward Carlos Carter

Edward C. Carter II began this project to create a souvenir for the American Philosophical Soc. (APS) 250th Anniversary Celebration in 1993. The APS is the oldest learned society in the U.S. and one of the most prestigious organizations of its kind in the world. The story of the APS and those men and women members who have helped promote useful knowledge throughout the years is an extraordinary story. The general observations on these achievements here are intended to serve as an introduction to this account of the APS. Now midway through its third century, its form and flavor remarkably little changed, the APS is engaged in promoting useful knowledge, as it has always been. Illustrations.

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0871699389

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9780871699381

Three Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, 1804-1806

From the Collections of the American Philosophical Society

By: Edward C. Carter (II)

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Three Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, 1804-1806

From the Collections of the American Philosophical Society

By: Edward C. Carter (II)

The Lewis & Clark Expedition of 1804-06 was the greatest act of exploration in the history of the U.S. This historic enterprise explored the Western U.S. along a route beginning near St. Louis & traveled up the Missouri River, over the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Columbia River & had several return routes. Pres. Thomas Jefferson planned the enterprise, assisted by members of the nation's first & most distinguished learned society, The Amer. Philosophical Soc. (APS). This set, issued by the APS, includes 3 facsimile vol. from the Expedition. Codices: Codex A -- Clark, Jrnl, 5/13/04-8/14/04; Codex E -- Lewis, Jrnl. 5/24/05-7/16/05; & Codex J -- Lewis, Jrnl., 1/1/06-3/20/06. Includes a 30-page introduction. Unique!

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0871693542

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9780871693549

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Surveying the Record

Surveying the Record

"One Grand Pursuit"

"One Grand Pursuit"

Three Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, 1804-1806

Three Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, 1804-1806

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