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 |
| Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
1992-06-01
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| Series: | Names |
| Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1323 |
| 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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| ISSN: | 0027-7738 1756-2279 |