Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]-202) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the great explorers -- Across Canada : Alexander Mackenzie -- The great expedition : Lewis and Clark -- Mountain man : John Colter -- Spanish-American fur trader : Manuel Lisa -- Mission from the General : Zebulon Pike -- The great American desert : Stephen Long -- The toughest man alive : Jedediah Smith -- Across the desert : The Patties -- Explorer by sea : Charles Wilkes -- The trail to California : John C. Fremont -- Down the Colorado : John Wesley Powell.