Claiming the American Wilderness: International Rivalry in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1528-1803

by Hunt Janin

In the early sixteenth century, as voyages across the Atlantic became more feasible and consequently more frequent, international competition for possession of the New World intensified. Occupied by numerous Indian tribes, western North America was home to vast natural resources, alleged riches and a fabled waterway that would connect the Mississippi with the Pacific Ocean. Over the next two centuries, Spanish, French, British, Russian and American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786425512
• ISBN13: 9780786425518
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher