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Author | : Matthew L. Harris |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 2012-11-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0806188448 |
Download Zebulon Pike, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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 tainted by his alleged connection to Aaron Burr’s conspiracy to separate the trans-Appalachian region from the United States. For two hundred years historians have debated whether Pike was an explorer or a spy, whether he knew about the Burr Conspiracy or was just a loyal foot soldier. This book moves beyond that controversy to offer new scholarly perspectives on Pike’s career. The essayists—all prominent historians of the American West—examine Pike’s expeditions and writings, which provided an image of the Southwest that would shape American culture for decades. John Logan Allen explores Pike’s contributions to science and cartography; James P. Ronda and Leo E. Oliva address his relationships with Native peoples and Spanish officials; Jay H. Buckley chronicles Pike’s life and compares Pike to other Jeffersonian explorers; Jared Orsi discusses the impact of his expeditions on the environment; and William E. Foley examines his role in Burr’s conspiracy. Together the essays assess Pike’s accomplishments and shortcomings as an explorer, soldier, empire builder, and family man. Pike’s 1810 journals and maps gave Americans an important glimpse of the headwaters of the Mississippi and the southwestern borderlands, and his account of the opportunities for trade between the Mississippi Valley and New Mexico offered a blueprint for the Santa Fe Trail. This volume is the first in more than a generation to offer new scholarly perspectives on the career of an overlooked figure in the opening of the American West.
Author | : Jared Orsi |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0199768722 |
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A historian offers the biography of the soldier and explorer for whom Pike's Peak is named, describing his amazing expeditions through areas that would become modern-day Mississippi, Minnesota and Arkansas before being captured by the Spanish.
Author | : Stephen Harding Hart |
Publisher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2007-04-16 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780826333902 |
Download The Southwestern Journals of Zebulon Pike, 1806-1807 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This valuable and long-out-of-print edition of Pike's Southwestern journals is being reissued on the bicentennial of the journey with a new Introduction by historian Mark L. Gardner.
Author | : Zebulon Montgomery Pike |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 490 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Discoveries in geography |
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Author | : Zebulon Montgomery Pike |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 1895 |
Genre | : Mississippi River |
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Download The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : George R. Matthews |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2016-02-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1440844321 |
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Through careful examination of primary documents, this book reveals that the true purpose of Zebulon Pike's western expedition in 1806–1807 was not innocent exploration of the West but an espionage mission in preparation for an American invasion of New Mexico. In 1806, the United States was on the brink of war with Spain over the disputed western boundary of the Louisiana Purchase and anticipated invading New Mexico. Possessing only meager information on the terrain as well as Spanish troop numbers and fortifications, President Thomas Jefferson and General James Wilkinson needed an agent who could cross the continent to Spanish territory all the way to the capital of Santa Fe, provide a plausible "cover story" for being there, and return with the vital information. Zebulon Pike: Thomas Jefferson's Agent for Empire is the story of how Pike carried out his mission as a prelude to an American invasion of New Mexico. This unique book is the first to fully chronicle Pike's 1806–1807 expedition to the Rocky Mountains and beyond, addressing both the exploratory and the clandestine purposes of Pike's western journey. By carefully examining the evidence available in primary documents, which shows that Pike prepared and carried a map showing a route to Santa Fe on his journey, the author overturns the conventional wisdom that Pike became lost searching for the Red River and mistakenly wandered into Spanish territory. This book also presents the Spanish perspective and response to Pike's invasion of Spanish territory and provides historical context to understand the role of Pike's expedition in Thomas Jefferson's quest to build an American "empire for liberty."
Author | : Patricia Calvert |
Publisher | : Marshall Cavendish |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780761416128 |
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Presents the life and career of the army officer and explorer who discovered, among other places in the West and Southwest, the great Rocky Mountain peak in Colorado that bears his name.
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Publisher | : Pikes Peak Library District |
Total Pages | : 323 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1567352537 |
Download "To Spare No Pains": Zebulon Montgomery Pike and His 1806-1807 Southwest Expedition Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Frances Hunter |
Publisher | : Blind Rabbit Press |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2010-02 |
Genre | : Lewis and Clark Expedition |
ISBN | : 0977763609 |
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La Louisiane--a land of riches beyond imagining. Whoever controls the vast domain along the Mississippi River will decide the fate of the North American continent. When young French diplomat Citizen Genet arrives in America, he's determined to wrest Louisiana away from Spain and win it back for France--even if it means global war. Caught up this astonishing scheme are George Rogers Clark, the washed-up hero of the Revolution and unlikely commander of Genet's renegade force; his beautiful sister Fanny, who risks her own sanity to save her brother's soul; General "Mad Anthony" Wayne, who never imagined he'd find the country's deadliest enemy inside his own army; and two young soldiers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who dream of claiming the Western territory in the name of the United States--only to become the pawns of those who seek to destroy it. From the frontier forts of Ohio to the elegant halls of Philadelphia, the virgin forests of Kentucky to the mansions of Natchez, Frances Hunter has written a page-turning tale of ambition, intrigue, and the birth of a legendary American friendship--in a time when America was fighting to survive.
Author | : Robin S. Doak |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 2005-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780756509989 |
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A biography of the soldier and explorer whose fearless treks into the American West opened a gateway for pioneers and settlers who would someday flock to that region.