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Jefferson & southwestern exploration: The Freeman & Custis accounts of the Red River Expedition of 1806 (The American exploration and travel series) by edited, with an introduction and epilogue, by Dan L. Flores is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Jefferson & southwestern exploration: The Freeman & Custis accounts of the Red River Expedition of 1806 (The American exploration and travel series) about?

In 1806 President Thomas Jefferson sent cartographer Thomas Freeman and botanist Peter Custis to explore the southen Louisiana Purchase westward to the Rocky Moutnains. Stopped by a Spanish army in what is today extreme southern Oklahoma, they did not complete their mission. President Jefferson minimized their failure by focusing instead on the success of their northern counterparts Lewis and Clark. Hence the fame of Lewis and Clark and the virtual anonymity of Freeman and Custis-until now, thanks to editor Dan L. Flores. Dan Flores presents the primary documents created by Freeman and Custis during their ill-fated attempt to explore the Louisiana territory and areas west of the Mississippi in 1806.

Author

edited, with an introduction and epilogue, by Dan L. Flores

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press; Brand: University of Oklahoma Press

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780806117485

Subjects

History, Travel, Humanities