Claiming the American Wilderness
Subtitle: International Rivalry in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1528-1803
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: April 12, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780786425518
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; American history: c 1800 to c 1900; World - Colonial Studies; United States - Antebellum Era; History: American; Native Americans - History; United States History (General); United States - General; History; History - U.S.; Pioneers; Western & Pacific Coast states; Indians of North America; United States - Colonial Period; General; Native American; West (U.S.); Explorers; First contact with Europeans
Description: "Beginning with the 1528 shipwreck of Spanish conquistador Cabeza de Vaca and ending with the negotiation of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, this volume presents a broadly based general survey of the events that took place in the Trans-Mississippi West during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries"--Provided by publisher.