More than an assessment of historical events, these volumes portray the process of exploration. Without forgetting the romance of exploration, the authors recognize that exploration is a great deal more than the adventures themselves.
88 This ambitious scheme was hardly the product of one ex - artillery officer's discontent with army life . McClellan himself gave an ... McClellan evidently abandoned thoughts of Spanish silver and now dreamed of " brown gold .
Spanish Penetration North of New Spain 1. David J. Weber , The Spanish Frontier in North America ( New Haven , 1992 ) , 55 . 2. Weber , The Spanish Frontier , 56 . 3. Paul E. Hoffman , A New Andalucia and a Way to the Orient : The ...
A comprehensive, highly readable referenceThis is an authoritative, one-stop resource for essential information on the exploration of North America, from alleged pre-Columbian explorers to polar expeditions in the twentieth century....
A comprehensive, highly readable reference This is an authoritative, one-stop resource for essential information on the exploration of North America, from alleged pre-Columbian explorers to polar expeditions in the twentieth century.