Filson, John

Filson, John
(1747?/1753?-1788) Филсон, Джон
Исследователь эпохи Фронтира [Frontier] и писатель. Автор книги "Открытие, заселение и сегодняшний день Кентукки" ["Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucky"] (1780). Считается создателем фольклорного образа пионера Фронтира [frontiersmen] - Дэниела Буна [Boone, Daniel]. Составил первую карту Кентукки. В 1788 заложил поселение Лозантвилл в Огайо, на месте которого позднее возник город Цинциннати [Cincinnati]

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