Nicollet Expedition

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf expedition
gptkbp:associatedWith natural resources
climate studies
Native_American_tribes
flora_and_fauna_studies
gptkbp:duration several months
gptkbp:geographicalFeature gptkb:Minnesota
gptkb:North_Dakota
gptkb:Wisconsin
gptkbp:historicalContext pre-Civil War America
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first detailed survey of the region
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nicollet Expedition
gptkbp:impact influenced future explorations
gptkbp:influenced cartography
scientific research in geography
U.S._government_policy_on_western_expansion
settlement_patterns_in_the_Midwest
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:Joseph_Nicollet
gptkbp:legacy Nicollet's_maps_used_by_future_explorers
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Bill_McKibben
gptkb:Gifford_Pinchot
gptkb:George_Catlin
gptkb:William_H._Keating
gptkb:Frederick_Law_Olmsted
gptkb:John_Muir
gptkb:Henry_Schoolcraft
gptkb:John_Wesley_Powell
gptkb:Jane_Goodall
gptkb:John_L._Stoddard
gptkb:Robert_Marshall
gptkb:Charles_A._Lindbergh
gptkb:John_C._Frémont
gptkb:William_H._Seward
gptkb:Wangari_Maathai
gptkb:Rachel_Carson
gptkb:Thomas_A._Edison
gptkb:Aldo_Leopold
gptkb:Sylvia_Earle
gptkb:David_Brower
Greta Thunberg
James A. McGowan
gptkbp:notableFor mapping the region
gptkbp:outcome enhanced understanding of local geography
increased_knowledge_of_Native_American_tribes
gptkbp:participants scientists and surveyors
gptkbp:purpose exploration_of_the_upper_Mississippi_River
gptkbp:resultedIn detailed maps of the area
gptkbp:route Minnesota_to_North_Dakota
gptkbp:significantEvent discovery_of_the_source_of_the_Mississippi_River
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:United_States_government
gptkbp:year 1836