the United States. Nikollet

you are: the United States

The same years the big contribution to business of studying of geography of a valley Mississipi has brought Nikollet which assistant in 1838 1840 was Fremont. Here that wrote Nikollet about the first period of the work:

' I have set as an object at first to study various branchings of Allegansky mountains in territory of southern states, to rise on the rivers Red (Red River), to Arkansas and on the big distance across Missouri and after this to devote myself to all-round studying of the river Mississipi from a mouth to the sources. Within those five years when I drove about in this connection research, I took each case to make the numerous supervision which purpose was-put in pawn bases for exact physical geography of the big area of the United States, in particular that extensive and interesting area that Mississipi ' lays between falls Sent-Antoni and sources.

Nikollet has died, not having had time to finish the description of the travel; have not remained and the materials left it. It is regrettable, as its shootings which have reached us, differ high quality. They cover the big territory between Missouri and Mississipi and between 44°и 48°с. sh. Here is how regarded its work Warren:

' Nikollet was the first traveller widely using a barometre for reception of high-rise marks on huge internal area of the United States. Resulted by it in its report the report of those methods and principles which he adhered in the researches, has served as a reliable management for set of the subsequent travellers. Its card is one of the most valuable contributions to the American geography for all time of its existence '.