Into the Wilderness Dream: Exploration Narratives of the American West, 1500-1805

by James H. Maguire, Donald A. Barclay, Peter Wild

Book Overview

Not just an exploration of our early Western European roots, these rich chronicles read as literature, first-person narratives of the greatest exploration adventures in historic times. From the Platonic vision of Atlantis to Arthur's Avalon, pre-Columbus Europeans imagined fabulous lands to the west--and after 1492, initial reports of a new world filled with golden El Dorados, warrior queens, and Fountains of Youth merely provided confirmation. Although...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874804434
• ISBN13: 9780874804430
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: University of Utah Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"