“If success attends my steps, honor and glory await my name-if defeat, still shall it be said we died like brave men, and conferred honor, even in death, on the American Name.”
Quote by Zebulon Pike
Work
Zebulon Pike's Arkansaw Journal: In Search of the Southern Louisiana Purchase Boundary Line (interpreted by His Newly Recovered Maps).
This volume reproduces the journal kept by Zebulon Pike during his 1806–1807 expedition into the Arkansas River region, which was part of a broader effort to define the southern limit of the Louisiana Purchase. The book includes newly recovered maps that help interpret Pike's travels and the geographical context of his mission. It offers a primary source account of early American exploration in the Southwest, focusing on the challenges of mapping and claiming territory in a contested borderland. more
Author
Zebulon Pike
Zebulon Pike was an American explorer renowned for his expeditions in the American West. He is primarily remembered for his exploration of the Southwestern United States and his quest to find the source of the Colorado River. Pike's expeditions provided crucial information about the geography and natural resources of the region. more
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