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. Recreating his story from maps, photographs, and his own copious journal entries, Mapping the Frontier is a great addition to the literature of discovery and adventure.
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. Recreating his story from maps, photographs, and his own copious journal entries, Mapping the Frontier is a great addition to the literature of discovery and adventure.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Rufus Harvey Sargent was born in Sedgewick, Maine, in 1875, but his life and workwith the U.S. Geological Survey took him far from his home town on the coast. He explored and mapped some of the most remote parts of the world, including sections of Alaska and China that no one had ever set foot in. He completed the first aerial survey of Alaska in 1925-26, and in 1947 the Department of the Interior awarded Sargent its Medal for Distinguished Service. He died in 1951, in Washington, D.C.
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Foreword by Blue Hill Public Library Prologue by Robert M. Sargent 1 Childhood in Sedgwick, 1875 1889 2 A Passion for Exploration, 1890 1895 3 The National Zoo, Washington, D.C., 1895 1898 4 Joining the Survey: South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, Montana, Arizona, 1898 1901 5 First Chief of Party: Glacier National Park, Montana, 1901 1903 6 The China Expedition, 1903 1904 7 Mapping and Marriage: Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, 1904 1906 8 Distant Journeys: Alaska, Mexico, 1906 1907 9 Alaskan Summers, Washington Winters, 1907 1909 10 Topographer in Charge of the Alaskan Branch: Matanuska Valley and Kenai Peninsula, 1908 1911 11 Alaskäs Matanuska Valley and Iliamna Bay, 1913 1914 Epilogue, 1915 1951 Alaska Today Glossary & Bibliography INDEX
Foreword by Blue Hill Public Library Prologue by Robert M. Sargent 1 Childhood in Sedgwick, 1875 1889 2 A Passion for Exploration, 1890 1895 3 The National Zoo, Washington, D.C., 1895 1898 4 Joining the Survey: South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, Montana, Arizona, 1898 1901 5 First Chief of Party: Glacier National Park, Montana, 1901 1903 6 The China Expedition, 1903 1904 7 Mapping and Marriage: Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, 1904 1906 8 Distant Journeys: Alaska, Mexico, 1906 1907 9 Alaskan Summers, Washington Winters, 1907 1909 10 Topographer in Charge of the Alaskan Branch: Matanuska Valley and Kenai Peninsula, 1908 1911 11 Alaskäs Matanuska Valley and Iliamna Bay, 1913 1914 Epilogue, 1915 1951 Alaska Today Glossary & Bibliography INDEX
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