Zebulon Pike

Zebulon Montgomery Pike Jr. (5 de janeiro de 1778 – 27 de abril de 1813) é um soldado e explorador norte-americano. O nome do pico, Pikes Peak localizado em Fountain no estado do Colorado é uma homenagem ao explorador. A Expedição Pike (Pike expedition) por ele liderada mapeou grande parte da região central da América do Norte conhecida como Louisiana Purchase ^[1]^[2].

Notas e Referências

↑ Valkenburg, Samuel Van (1976). «Pike, Zebulon Montgomery». In: William D. Halsey. Collier's Encyclopedia. 19. New York: Macmillan Educational Corporation. p. 46
↑ Baldwin, Tom. "Where did Pike peak? Colo. explorer got start in New Jersey", Courier-Post, August 25, 2008. Accessed September 19, 2008. "Nineteenth century Jersey explorer Zebulon Pike was born in Lamberton, now a part of south Trenton, but gave his name to Colorado's 14,000-foot Pikes Peak."

Works by Zebulon Pike at Internet Archive.
National Park Service biography
Battle of Tippecanoe
"Butler County connections to the Mexican War" Hamilton Journal-News Hamilton, Ohio
Pike's Explorations - related to Pike's journey to find the source of the Mississippi River and the building of his fort in what is now Morrison County, Minnesota
Pike's Menagerie - the animals Pike and his men encountered in central Minnesota
Was Pike a Failure? - an examination of the often-heard critique of Pike's Mississippi River expedition
Zebulon Pike and the Blue Mountain - award winning film produced with the help of Pike Historian W. Eugene Hollon, the U.S. Army, the Smithsonian and the National Archives about the explorer's time in what is now Colorado
Pike Surname DNA Project