About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherDownEast Enterprise, Incorporated

ISBN-101608934608

ISBN-139781608934607

eBay Product ID (ePID)220501280

Product Key Features

Book TitleMapping the Frontier : a Memoir of Discovery from Coastal Maine to the Alaskan Rim

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2015

TopicCartography, Earth Sciences / Geography, Public Affairs & Administration, Adventurers & Explorers, Earth Sciences / Geology, Expeditions & Discoveries

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Technology & Engineering, Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorR. Harvey Sargent

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight28.9 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2015-030377

Table Of ContentForeword 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

SynopsisAlaska 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 NumberGA407.S27A3 2015