"Tracing North American exploration from Balboa to Lewis and Clark, DeVoto tells in classic fashion how the drama of discovery defined the American nation."@en
"From the 16th century through the year 1805, De Voto tells the story of American westward expansion, emphasizing that not only the promise of material gains but also the satisfactions of conquering a wilderness spurred on the indomitable explorers and pioneers."
"Tracing North American Exploration from Balboa to Lewis and Clark, Devoto tells in a classic fashion how the drama of discovery defined the American nation. The Course of Empire is the third volume in historian Bernard Devotoʹs monumental trilogy of the West. Entertaining and incisive, this is the dramatic story of three hundred years of exploration of North America leading up to 1805."

"The course of empire"
"The course of empire"@en
"The course of Empire"
"The Course of Empire ... With maps by Erwin Raisz"@en
"The Course of empire"
"The course of empire with maps by Erwin Raisz"
"The Course of Empire ... with an introductory essay on the author by Wallace Stegner, etc"@en