Mapping the Frontier: A Memoir of Discovery from Coastal Maine to the Alaskan Ri

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“Light general wear”
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
DownEast Enterprise, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1608934608
ISBN-13
9781608934607
eBay Product ID (ePID)
220501280

Product Key Features

Book Title
Mapping the Frontier : a Memoir of Discovery from Coastal Maine to the Alaskan Rim
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Cartography, Earth Sciences / Geography, Public Affairs & Administration, Adventurers & Explorers, Earth Sciences / Geology, Expeditions & Discoveries
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
R. Harvey Sargent
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
28.9 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-030377
Table Of Content
Foreword by Blue Hill Public Library Prologue by Robert M. Sargent 1 Childhood in Sedgwick, 1875-1889 2 A Passion for Exploration, 1890-1895 3 The National Zoo, Washington, D.C., 1895-1898 4 Joining the Survey: South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, Montana, Arizona, 1898-1901 5 First Chief of Party: Glacier National Park, Montana, 1901-1903 6 The China Expedition, 1903-1904 7 Mapping and Marriage: Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, 1904-1906 8 Distant Journeys: Alaska, Mexico, 1906-1907 9 Alaskan Summers, Washington Winters, 1907-1909 10Topographer in Charge of theAlaskan Branch: Matanuska Valley and Kenai Peninsula, 1908-1911 11Alaska's Matanuska Valley and Iliamna Bay, 1913-1914 Epilogue, 1915-1951 Alaska Today Glossary & Bibliography INDEX
Synopsis
Alaska in 1900 was unexplored frontier, a land where risk, danger, and ultimate adventure made teamwork essential. Maine native R. Harvey Sargent led the U. S. Geological Survey in Alaska for over three decades, 1901-1936, charting the vast expanses of this remarkably beautiful and treacherous land. A pioneer of modern mapping, Sargent introduced 20th-century "firsts" photogrammetry and aerial surveys in Alaska, and the first professional surveys of China's mountainous interior. Mapping the Frontier: A Memoir of Discovery from Coastal Maine to the Alaskan Rim publishes for the first time Harvey Sargent's diary of his explorations in the world's outer edges, from China to Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Montana, and Alaska. He was the son of a sea captain, born with exploration and adventure in his veins. Grounded in the foundations of his childhood home of Sedgwick, Maine, to his family residence for a half-century with USGS in Washington, D. C., Sargent's lively narrative is beautifully illustrated with period maps and photographs. The reader will experience the breathtaking majesty of the Grand Canyon; the deadly harsh winters of Utah's dessert; misty fjords and dramatic icebergs of Glacier Bay National Park; and Sargent's discovery of Alaska's Aniakshak crater, today the country's most remote National Monument and Preserve., Alaska in 1900 was unexplored frontier, a land where risk, danger, and ultimate adventure made teamwork essential. Maine native R. Harvey Sargent led the U. S. Geological Survey in Alaska for over three decades, 1901-1936, charting the vast expanses of this remarkably beautiful and treacherous land. A pioneer of modern mapping, Sargent introduced 20th-century "firsts": photogrammetry and aerial surveys in Alaska, and the first professional surveys of China's mountainous interior. Mapping the Frontier: A Memoir of Discovery from Coastal Maine to the Alaskan Rim publishes for the first time Harvey Sargent's diary of his explorations in the world's outer edges, from China to Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Montana, and Alaska. He was the son of a sea captain, born with exploration and adventure in his veins. Grounded in the foundations of his childhood home of Sedgwick, Maine, to his family residence for a half-century with USGS in Washington, D. C., Sargent's lively narrative is beautifully illustrated with period maps and photographs. The reader will experience the breathtaking majesty of the Grand Canyon; the deadly harsh winters of Utah's dessert; misty fjords and dramatic icebergs of Glacier Bay National Park; and Sargent's discovery of Alaska's Aniakshak crater, today the country's most remote National Monument and Preserve.
LC Classification Number
GA407.S27A3 2015

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