Jefferson and Southwestern Exploration: The Freeman and Custis Accounts of the Red River Expedition of 1806
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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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0806117486
ISBN13:9780806117485
Release Date:January 1984
Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
Length:386 Pages
Weight:1.85 lbs.
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