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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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
1992
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1179/nam.1992.40.2.99 https://doaj.org/article/1ffe737154924b26a52ce6cda08f9d13 |
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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