An account of expeditions to the sources of the Mississippi and through the western parts of Louisiana, to the sources of the Arkansaw, Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Jaun, rivers: performed by order of the government of the United States during the years 1805, 1806, and 1807...

Title:

An account of expeditions to the sources of the Mississippi and through the western parts of Louisiana, to the sources of the Arkansaw, Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Jaun, rivers: performed by order of the government of the United States during the years 1805, 1806, and 1807...

Creator:

Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813

Abstract:

Published in 1810, this narrative describes Pike’s two explorations of the recently acquired Louisiana territory, in 1805 and 1806-7; he was also assigned to determine the extent of Spanish control in this contested, though sparsely populated, area. On Pike's second expedition, 1806-1807, he was assigned to explore the headwaters of the Arkansas River, then proceed south and descend the Red River from its source. When the Spanish took Pike and his men into custody, Pike was able to observe many areas in New Mexico, Chihuahua, and Texas. His Account created interest in the Southwest and stimulated a colonizing impulse for Texas. The maps were the first to exhibit a geographic knowledge of the Southwest based on first-hand exploration and are considered milestones in the mapping of the American West. Pike provides many descriptions of Texas as a whole, and his accounts of the colonial government revealed New Spain's difficulty maintaining control of the sparsely settled northern provinces bordering the Louisiana Territory.

Issued:

1810

Subject:

West (U.S)--Description and Travel, United States--Discovery and Exploration, Southwest, New--Description and Travel, and Mississippi River--Description and Travel

Rights:

A copyright review process in April 2022 has determined that this particular item is in the public domain. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Spatial:

Mississippi River, Southwest, New, West (U.S.), and United States

Attribution:

Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813, United States--Army--Corps of Engineers, and A copyright review process in April 2022 has determined that this particular item is in the public domain. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Description:

Held in the Floyd and Louise Chapman Texas and Borderlands Collection at Cushing Memorial Library and Archives on the campus of Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas.

Exhibit Tags:

Tools Techniques and Methods

Call Number:

F592 .P63 1810

Contributor:

United States--Army--Corps of Engineers

Language:

eng