John Charles Fre mont Boeken

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This fascinating memoir by the American explorer John C. Frémont documents his adventures and discoveries during five separate expeditions in the American West. From mapping the Oregon Trail to exploring the Great Salt Lake, Frémont's journey is both a thrilling account of exploration and a firsthand look at life in 19th century America.

"John Charles Frémont popularly known as "The Pathfinder" during his times -- played a role in opening up the American West ot settlement by pioneers His reliable accounts, including published maps, narrations, and scientific documentation of his expeditions, guided emigrants overland into the West starting in the mid-1840s. ... His second expedition -- the subject of this book -- succeeded in charting all of the way to California, mapping and confirming the Oregon Trail as the route for pioneers heading toward the West."--Back cover

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John Charles Frémonts Expedition durch die Rocky Mountains, Oregon und Nord-Kalifornien (1842-1844) war eine der bedeutendsten Landreisen der amerikanischen Geschichte und machte den Forscher Frémont, den Pfadfinder, wie er genannt wurde, fast über Nacht zu einem Nationalhelden. Seine Vermessungsexpeditionen legten einen wichtigen Grundstein für die spätere infrastrukturelle Erschließung der USA. Eine seiner wichtigsten geographischen Entdeckungen war, dass der Green River nicht, wie zuvor angenommen, seinen Ursprung im großen Salzsee von Utah hat. Doch die wichtigsten wissenschaftlichen Entdeckungen können vom politischen Geschehen überdeckt werden; der romantisch-begeisterte und bisweilen naive Frémont verliert sich in den Wirren des Mexikanisch-Amerikanischen Krieges und fällt in Ungnade. In Folge einer politischen Intrige wird Frémont unehrenhaft aus der Armee entlassen