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"Explorer of the Cosmos"
Founder of Modern Geography
Traveled world bringing back specimens to Europe
2nd Columbus |
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Humboldt's Traveling Companion
Botanist |
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American Landscape Painter
Artists as Humboltean
Sketches Andes and Niagra Falls |
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Wrote: Origin of Species and Voyage of the Beagle
Scientist as a Celeberity
Theory of Natural Evolution |
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Contributed to theory of Natural Evolution
Botanist who traveled to Amazon
Ship sank on return, losing all speciments |
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Naval Officer who led United States Exploring Expedition
One of his officers sighted Antarctica, he had it removed from logs so he could sight it. Never was able to. |
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| U.S. Exploring Expedition |
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Created in part by John Cleves Symmes Jr (Believed Earth was hollow and could sale into it at poles)
Almost all captains refused to take command
Lt Charles Wilkes accepts command |
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Done by Army Corps of Topographical Engineers
Part of the Grand reconnaissance |
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Goes to Washington and says its time to bring California State Survey style, to the Southwest, asks for sponsorship from congress, gets it.
Organizes King Survey
Survey 100 miles to each side of Continental railroad |
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Exploration by Army and Navy
25% of Federal Budget
Borders, Wagon roads, Posts
Pacific Railroad Surveys
Trade routes, protection, marine resouces |
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Swiss Painter
Painted American West
Recorded Images of different tribes |
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American Painter
Portraits of Indians
Forced to sell paintings to pay his debts |
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Husband traveled across S. America
Seperated for 20 years
Only survivors of trek through Amazon to find her husband |
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Travels in Sweden
Apostles (those trained under him)
Collector / Explorer of Nature
Published system for classification |
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Students from Rich Families would go on Voyages
Learning about natural history
Colleges at that time in England, were not good |
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| Army Corps of Topographic Engineers |
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Borders, Wagon roads, posts
Pacific Railroad surveys |
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War/Travel correspondent
Sent to find Livingstone in Africa
Explores Congo River with Livingstone, determines it is not the Nile
Spends 5 years opening up Congo
Sent to save Amin Pasha, Pasha dies shortly after falling from hotel room balcony |
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Founder of Modern Anthropology
Studied the Inuit people |
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| Burke and Wills Expedition |
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Australian Explorers
Grand Gesture - Traverse Continent
Divided party several times
Reach northern titles and turn back
Burke and Wills both die (King survives)
Although ending in Disaster, Expedition is celebrated |
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Successor to Lewis and Clark
Targeted the Great Planes
Identified the Great American West as the Great American Desert |
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Friends with Major Powell
Manages to attach himself to the Powell survey every summer |
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Encounters "Big Canyon"
Led by Lt. Joseph Ives
Believed he was the first and last white to ever see the Grand Canyon |
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| Great Surveys of the American West |
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King Survey - Sponsored by US Govt
Powell Survey - Travels down Colorado
Hayden Survey - Booster as Explorer
Wheeler Survey - Directly under the Army |
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| Written by Charles Darwin |
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| John Wesley Powell (Major) |
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Went down Colorado Twice
Interested in Geology, Geography, Indian Affairs, Land rights, water rights
Loses Arm in Civil War
Paid for his first expeditions almost entirely out of pocket |
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| Australia's most famous interior explorer |
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| Charles-Marie de LaCondamine |
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| First explorer down the Amazon |
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Although civil war was going on, not all discovery was effected
Led by Josiah Dwight Whitney
California legislator wanted to hire geologists to find more Gold |
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English Naturalist and Botanist
Served with Captain Cook on his first great voyage |
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