Mapping the Four Corners: Narrating the Hayden Survey of 1875 McPherson Robert
Mapping the Four Corners: Narrating the Hayden Survey of 1875 McPherson Robert In 1875, a team of cartographers, geologists, and scientists under the direction of Ferdinand V. Their accomplishments…
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Mapping the Four Corners: Narrating the Hayden Survey of 1875 McPherson Robert
In 1875, a team of cartographers, geologists, and scientists under the direction of Ferdinand V. Their accomplishments would go down in history as one of the great American surveying expeditions of the nineteenth century. Hayden entered the Four Corners area for what they thought would be a calm summer's work completing a previous survey.
McPherson and Susan Rhoades Neel bring the Hayden Survey to life. By skillfully weaving the surveyors' diary entries, field notes, and correspondence with newspaper accounts, historians Robert S. Mapping the Four Corners provides an entertaining, engaging narrative of the team's experiences, contextualized with a thoughtful introduction and conclusion.Accompanied by the great photographer William Henry Jackson, Hayden's team quickly found their trip to be more challenging than expected.
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