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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Main Author: Terrence M. Cole
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 1992-06-01
Series:Names
Online Access:http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1323