Title: The baron in the Grand Canyon
Description: In The Baron in the Grand Canyon, Steven Rowan presents the first comprehensive look at the life of Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Egloffstein, mapmaker, artist, explorer, and inventor. Utilizing new German and American sources, Rowan clarifies many mysteries about the life of this major artist and cartographer of the American West.
Subjects: Surveyors, Cartographers, Germans, Explorers, Biography, Discovery and exploration, United states, historical geography, maps
Places: United States, West (U.S.)
People: F. W. Egloffstein (1824-1885)