Placenames in Paradise: Robert Marshall and the Naming of the Alaska Wilderness

Abstract Pioneer conservationist Robert Marshall was the first explorer to compile a detailed, accurate map of some 15,000 square miles in the central Brooks Range of northern Alaska. Altogether, during four expeditions to the Upper Koyukuk between 1929 and 1939, Marshall added a total of 169 placen...

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Published in:Names
Main Author: Terrence M. Cole
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 1992
Subjects:
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Brooks Range
Alaska
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1179/nam.1992.40.2.99
https://doaj.org/article/1ffe737154924b26a52ce6cda08f9d13
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Summary:Abstract Pioneer conservationist Robert Marshall was the first explorer to compile a detailed, accurate map of some 15,000 square miles in the central Brooks Range of northern Alaska. Altogether, during four expeditions to the Upper Koyukuk between 1929 and 1939, Marshall added a total of 169 placenames to the map of Alaska, one of the largest number of names given or recorded by an individual in the twentieth century.

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