Westward by Gerald Roscoe

Westward by Gerald Roscoe

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A recreation of the journey to the American West in the 1880's, with examples from original journals complemented by modern photographs taken in the same place and season as each diary entry. The book includes the explorers' maps, with modern accurate maps depicting their real progress.

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Westward by Gerald Roscoe

In the early 1880's, the unknown American West lured travellers, explorers and spiritual seekers from around the world. These explorers were the pathfinders of the Oregan trail, the Santa Fe trail and the California trail. They discovered the ruins of ancient cliff-dwellers, the wonders of Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, the Petrified Forest, Grand Teton and Canyonlands. This book is a documentation of these expeditions. The records of the expeditions, by Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, John Fremont, John Powell and others, exist only in their notebooks, journals and diaries. Following these records, photographers have returned to the original locations at the same time of day and season of the year, to document the sites. These large format, colour photographs, juxtaposed with the travellers' manuscripts, letters and sketchbooks, recreate the expeditions. Also featured are the explorers' own maps, revealing what they thought they were doing, along with modern accurate maps depicting their real progress.
Elric Endersby and Alexander Greenwood are principals of The New Jersey Barn Company and coauthors, along with David Larkin, of Barn: The Art of a Working Building. David Larkin is a book designer, editor, and art director whose work includes The Essential Book of Shaker, Frank Lloyd Wright: The Masterworks, and Frederick Law Olmsted, among other books.
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ISBN 13 9781885254092
ISBN 10 1885254091
Titel Westward
Autor Gerald Roscoe
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Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag Monacelli Press
Erscheinungsjahr 1995-12-01
Seitenanzahl 240
Hinweis auf dem Einband Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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