Stansbury Expedition

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:expedition
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:discovery gptkb:Oquirrh_Mountains
gptkb:Wasatch_Range
gptkb:Jordan_River
gptkb:Salt_Lake_Valley
gptkb:Great_Salt_Lake
gptkb:Utah_Lake
gptkb:salt_flats
gptkb:Deseret
Bear River
gptkbp:duration approximately 1 year
gptkbp:ended October 1850
gptkbp:funding gptkb:U._S._government
gptkbp:has_a_focus_on Great Salt Lake region
gptkbp:historical_context westward expansion
Mormon settlement
U. S. territorial claims
pre-Gold Rush era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Stansbury Expedition
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Howard_Stansbury
gptkbp:legacy influenced future explorations
contributed to cartography
provided data for settlers
enhanced knowledge of the region
informed government policy
gptkbp:location gptkb:Great_Salt_Lake
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:John_C._Frémont
gptkbp:outcome mapping of the area
gptkbp:purpose gptkb:exploration
gptkbp:research gptkb:scientific_experiments
geology
data collection
surveys
mapping
botany
zoology
gptkbp:resulted_in Stansbury's Report
gptkbp:route through Utah Territory
gptkbp:significance contributed to the understanding of the western United States
gptkbp:started_in May 1849
gptkbp:year 1850
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Stansbury_Island
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7