TY - BOOK ID - 77866113 TI - California's frontier naturalists PY - 2006 SN - 0520927508 9786612356339 128235633X 1598759213 9780520927506 1423745418 9781423745419 9781598759211 9780520230101 0520230108 9781282356337 6612356332 PB - Berkeley : University of California Press, DB - UniCat KW - Naturalists KW - Scientific expeditions KW - Natural history KW - Historians, Natural KW - Natural historians KW - Scientists KW - Expeditions, Scientific KW - Scientific voyages KW - Travels KW - Voyages, Scientific KW - Voyages and travels KW - History. KW - american west. KW - botany. KW - boundary surveys. KW - california. KW - david douglas. KW - death valley. KW - expedition. KW - explorers. KW - fieldwork. KW - frontier. KW - geological survey. KW - geology. KW - john fremont. KW - la perouse. KW - land development. KW - land management. KW - mexican war. KW - monterey. KW - natural sciences. KW - natural world. KW - naturalism. KW - naturalist. KW - nature. KW - nonfiction. KW - pacific northwest. KW - paleontology. KW - paolo botta. KW - plants. KW - railroads. KW - richard hinds. KW - sara lemmon. KW - science. KW - scientists. KW - settling the west. KW - thomas nuttall. KW - united states. KW - wild west. KW - wilderness. KW - william brewer. KW - zoology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77866113 AB - This book chronicles the fascinating story of the enthusiastic, stalwart, and talented naturalists who were drawn to California's spectacular natural bounty over the decades from 1786, when the La PĂ©rouse Expedition arrived at Monterey, to the Death Valley expedition in 1890-91, the proclaimed "end" of the American frontier. Richard G. Beidleman's engaging and marvelously detailed narrative describes these botanists, zoologists, geologists, paleontologists, astronomers, and ethnologists as they camped under stars and faced blizzards, made discoveries and amassed collections, kept journals and lost valuables, sketched flowers and landscapes, recorded comets and native languages. He weaves together the stories of their lives, their demanding fieldwork, their contributions to science, and their exciting adventures against the backdrop of California and world history. California's Frontier Naturalists covers all the major expeditions to California as well as individual and institutional explorations, introducing naturalists who accompanied boundary surveys, joined federal railroad parties, traveled with river topographical expeditions, accompanied troops involved with the Mexican War, and made up California's own geological survey. Among these early naturalists are famous names-David Douglas, Thomas Nuttall, John Charles Fremont, William Brewer-as well as those who are less well-known, including Paolo Botta, Richard Hinds, and Sara Lemmon. ER -