{"product_id":"overland-explorations-of-the-trans-mississippi-west-expeditions-and-writers-of-the-american-frontier-9781476678672","title":"Overland Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi West: Expeditions and Writers of the American Frontier","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Hunt Janin | Ursula Carlson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - State \u0026amp; Local - West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 1528, the Spanish explorer Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and his three companions were shipwrecked and, looking for help, began an eight-year trek through the deserts of the American West. Over three centuries later, the four \"Great Surveys\" in the United States were consolidated into the U.S. Geological Survey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The frontiers were the lands near or beyond the recognized international, national, regional, or tribal borders. Over the centuries, they hosted a complicated series of international explorations of lands inhabited by American Indians, Spanish, French-Canadians, British, and Americans. These explorations were undertaken for wide-ranging reasons including geographical, scientific, artistic-literary, and for the growth of the railroad. This history covers over 350 years of exploration of the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46455294492823,"sku":"9781476678672","price":4083.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476678672.webp?v=1769174678","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/overland-explorations-of-the-trans-mississippi-west-expeditions-and-writers-of-the-american-frontier-9781476678672","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}