Roderick Coover
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816674695
- eISBN:
- 9781452947518
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816674695.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
This chapter covers the human relation to landscapes, esthetic beauty of views, and the adventures of John Wesley Powell in exploring the Green and Colorado Rivers in 1869. It outlines Powell’s ...
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This chapter covers the human relation to landscapes, esthetic beauty of views, and the adventures of John Wesley Powell in exploring the Green and Colorado Rivers in 1869. It outlines Powell’s expedition, which started in Green River City, Wyoming and ended at the mouth of the Virgin River in southwestern Utah. The chapter also talks about the expedition led by Lt. Joseph Ives, who visualized the Utah Canyonlands. From 1857–1858, Ives and his crew surveyed the landscape and areas in between Sea of Cortez and Fort Defiance in Colorado.Less
This chapter covers the human relation to landscapes, esthetic beauty of views, and the adventures of John Wesley Powell in exploring the Green and Colorado Rivers in 1869. It outlines Powell’s expedition, which started in Green River City, Wyoming and ended at the mouth of the Virgin River in southwestern Utah. The chapter also talks about the expedition led by Lt. Joseph Ives, who visualized the Utah Canyonlands. From 1857–1858, Ives and his crew surveyed the landscape and areas in between Sea of Cortez and Fort Defiance in Colorado.
Michael J. Lannoo
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780226358475
- eISBN:
- 9780226358505
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226358505.003.0003
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Nature
In this chapter I explore the role of field biology as practiced by the naturalists. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the early primitive surveys by easterners and Europeans had given way to ...
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In this chapter I explore the role of field biology as practiced by the naturalists. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the early primitive surveys by easterners and Europeans had given way to the large federal surveys of the Mexican and Northwestern borders, the five Pacific Railroad Surveys, and Ferdinard Hayden’s state-based surveys. In addition, following the Civil War, the U.S. Geological Survey continued Hayden’s Survey, and expanded them by adding Clarence King’s, William Morton Wheeler’s, and, later, John Wesley Powell’s surveys. These surveys provided the specimens that stocked the Smithsonian and the American Museum of Natural History, as well as great museums associated with eastern universities such as Yale and Harvard.Less
In this chapter I explore the role of field biology as practiced by the naturalists. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the early primitive surveys by easterners and Europeans had given way to the large federal surveys of the Mexican and Northwestern borders, the five Pacific Railroad Surveys, and Ferdinard Hayden’s state-based surveys. In addition, following the Civil War, the U.S. Geological Survey continued Hayden’s Survey, and expanded them by adding Clarence King’s, William Morton Wheeler’s, and, later, John Wesley Powell’s surveys. These surveys provided the specimens that stocked the Smithsonian and the American Museum of Natural History, as well as great museums associated with eastern universities such as Yale and Harvard.
Elisabeth Ervin-Blankenheim
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- November 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780197502464
- eISBN:
- 9780197502495
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780197502464.003.0003
- Subject:
- Earth Sciences and Geography, Historical Geology
This chapter discusses the development of American geology. Starting with Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Silliman, and Louis Agassiz, who spent the latter portion of his career in the United States and ...
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This chapter discusses the development of American geology. Starting with Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Silliman, and Louis Agassiz, who spent the latter portion of his career in the United States and proceeding to geological greats such as John Wesley Powell and others, the New World offered unique insights impacting how geology advanced. This difference is related to the immense size of the continent, its wealth of resources, and the variable geologic settings found within. The geologic principles discovered in Europe and other parts of the world were applied to North America as the continent was explored. Contributions to the growing field of geology from American and Canadian geologists of the time, including the further understanding of glacial periods, advancements in mineralogy, and exploration of the natural wonders and economic minerals of North America, including the westward expansion and further study of coal deposits and paleobotany.Less
This chapter discusses the development of American geology. Starting with Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Silliman, and Louis Agassiz, who spent the latter portion of his career in the United States and proceeding to geological greats such as John Wesley Powell and others, the New World offered unique insights impacting how geology advanced. This difference is related to the immense size of the continent, its wealth of resources, and the variable geologic settings found within. The geologic principles discovered in Europe and other parts of the world were applied to North America as the continent was explored. Contributions to the growing field of geology from American and Canadian geologists of the time, including the further understanding of glacial periods, advancements in mineralogy, and exploration of the natural wonders and economic minerals of North America, including the westward expansion and further study of coal deposits and paleobotany.
