{"product_id":"prologue-to-lewis-and-clark-volume-79-the-mackay-and-evans-expedition-hardcover","title":"Prologue to Lewis and Clark, Volume 79: The MacKay and Evans Expedition - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eW. Raymond Wood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames P. Ronda\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"To follow the journeys made by Mackay and Evans up the Missouri and across the plains in 1795-97 is to begin to appreciate the kind of world Lewis and Clark found when they voyaged up the river in 1804. . . . Of all those waterways, none has captured the American imagination more than the Missouri. . . . It is a river of promise, of dreams, and of dreams denied.\" -\u003cstrong\u003eJames P. Ronda\u003c\/strong\u003e, from the Foreword\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Mackay and Evans returned to Spanish St. Louis in 1797, they were hailed as \"the two most illustrious travelers in the northern parts of this continent.\" Ironically, though the findings of Mackay and Evans were responsible for much of the early success of Lewis and Clark in their expedition, the adulation that followed Lewis and Clark's successful return completely eclipsed Mackay and Evans's reputations. In Prologue to Lewis and Clark, W. Raymond Wood narrates the history of this long-forgotten but important expedition up the Missouri River.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mackay and Evans expedition was more than an exploratory mission. It was the last effort by Spain to gain control over the Missouri River basin in the decade before the United States purchased the Louisiana territory. In that respect, it failed. But the expedition was successful as a journey of exploration. The maps and documents they created later provided the Lewis and Clark expedition with invaluable information for its first full year.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsolidating a collection of eighteen contemporary documents relating to the Mackay and Evans expedition as well as his own research and analysis, Wood provides an in-depth examination of the expedition's background, execution, and final results.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVolume 79 in the American Exploration and Travel Series\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 9.64 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757659193632,"sku":"9780806134918","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/67fcb3bdc26db2439371873f5fa23b9e_8266fea0-f334-4a32-9613-e35d558df05b.webp?v=1780108038","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/prologue-to-lewis-and-clark-volume-79-the-mackay-and-evans-expedition-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}