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Title: Prologue to Lewis and Clark: The Mackay and Evans Expedition (American Exploration and Travel, Vol 79) by W. Raymond Wood, James P. Ronda ISBN: 0-8061-3491-7 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: March, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant, scholarly
Comment: A fascinating read of pre-Lewis and Clark explorations into the upper Missouri River Basin from its earliest beginnings, with the main focus on the 1795-1797 Mackay-Evans expedition.
Most people have never heard of Scotsman James Mackay and Welshman John Evans, but if it wasn't for their efforts in cartography and ethnology, the celebrated Lewis and Clark expedition would have been quite hampered in its early stages.
When the Louisana Territory was still under Spanish rule, Mackay became a naturalized citizen and Evans swore allegiance to Spain. Their responsibilities to Spain included exploring, mapping and locating a route to the Pacific for trade possibilities, evicting British traders in its territory and promoting Indian intertribal peace to further enhance trade with Spain. Evans' primary objective in accepting this offer was to locate the mythological Welsh Indians whose original Welsh ancestors were suppose to have settled in mid-America during the year 1170 AD.
Although not a completely successful mission, the Mackay-Evans expedition did produce maps of the upper Missouri which Lewis and Clark referred to on numerous occasions and opened understandings of Missouri River Indian cultures and customs.
Dr. Wood effectively sifts through the available journals and maps of Mackay and Evans, along with other pertinent papers and charts of the day, to make this an exciting work.
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Title: Lewis and Clark: Across the Divide by Carolyn Gilman, Robert A. Robertson, James P. Ronda ISBN: 1588340996 Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: Arts of Diplomacy: Lewis and Clark's Indian Collection by Castle McLaughlin, Mike Cross, Hillel S. Burger ISBN: 0295983612 Publisher: University of Washington Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West Before Lewis and Clark (History of the American West Series) by Colin G. Calloway ISBN: 0803215304 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Jefferson's West: A Journey with Lewis and Clark by James P. Ronda ISBN: 1882886135 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: 25 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Lewis and Clark: The Maps of Exploration, 1507-1814 by Guy Meriwether Benson, William R. Irwin, Heather Moore Riser, University of Virginia Library, Heather Moore, John Logan Allen, University of Virginia ISBN: 1574271385 Publisher: Howell Pr Pub. Date: 16 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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