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1 online resource (255 pages) |
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text file |
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"Distributed by National Book Network." |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 249) and index. |
| Contents |
Mapping The Frontier ; CONTENTS ; Foreword ; CHILDHOOD IN SEDGWICK, 1875-1889; A PASSION FOR EXPLORATION, 1890-1895; THE NATIONAL ZOO, Washington, DC, 1895-1898; JOINING THE SURVEY, 1898-1901; FIRST CHIEF OF PARTY, Glacier National Park, 1901-1903; THE CHINA EXPEDITION, 1903-1904; MAPPING AND MARRIAGE, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, 1904-1906 ; DISTANT JOURNEYS, Alaska, 1906-1907; ALASKA'S KODIAK REGION, 1907-1909; TOPOGRAPHER IN CHARGE, Matanuska Valley and Kenai Peninsula, 1908-1911 ; ALASKA'S MATANUSKA VALLEY, 1912-1914; Epilogue, 1915-1951; Glossary & Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgments |
| Summary |
Author R. Harvey Sargent of Sedgwick, ME, led the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska, for 35 years. He also created the first modern maps of China, trekking across the country's interior during the treacherous post-Boxer Rebellion days in 1903-04. His remarkable story is told in the pages of this book. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Sargent, Rufus Harvey, 1875-1951 -- Diaries.
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Sargent, Rufus Harvey, 1875-1951. |
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Diaries.
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Geological Survey (U.S.) -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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Geological Survey (U.S.) |
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Biographies.
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Cartography -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Cartography. |
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United States. |
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20th century |
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Cartographers -- United States -- Biography.
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Cartographers. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology. |
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography. |
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History. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Cartography. |
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Employees. |
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1900-1999 |
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Autobiography.
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Biography.
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Autobiographies.
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History.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Diaries.
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| Added Author |
Hartman, Jan Cigliano.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mapping the frontier. Lanham, Maryland : Down East Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2015] 9781608934607 (DLC) 2015030377 |
| ISBN |
9781608934614 (ebook) |
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1608934616 |
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9781608934607 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781608934614 (alkaline paper) |
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1608934608 |
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