A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf
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A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf is John Muir’s posthumously published travel memoir chronicling his 1867 botanical trek from Indiana to the Gulf of Mexico, blending nature writing with early environmentalist thought.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T770123 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf Context triple: [John Muir, notableWork, A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf]
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A.
Their Pilgrimage
"Their Pilgrimage" is a late-19th-century travel novel by American author Charles Dudley Warner that satirically portrays fashionable society through the journeys of two young protagonists.
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B.
North to the Orient
North to the Orient is a 1935 travel memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting her pioneering survey flights with her husband Charles Lindbergh across the North Atlantic and into East Asia.
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C.
A Path Where No Man Thought
A Path Where No Man Thought is a science book by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan that explores nuclear winter and the catastrophic global consequences of nuclear war.
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D.
Hemingway Adventure
Hemingway Adventure is a travel documentary series in which Michael Palin retraces the life, journeys, and haunts of writer Ernest Hemingway around the world.
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E.
Long Walk
Long Walk is a famous tree-lined ceremonial avenue in Windsor Great Park that stretches from Windsor Castle into the surrounding parkland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf Target entity description: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf is John Muir’s posthumously published travel memoir chronicling his 1867 botanical trek from Indiana to the Gulf of Mexico, blending nature writing with early environmentalist thought.
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A.
Their Pilgrimage
"Their Pilgrimage" is a late-19th-century travel novel by American author Charles Dudley Warner that satirically portrays fashionable society through the journeys of two young protagonists.
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B.
North to the Orient
North to the Orient is a 1935 travel memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting her pioneering survey flights with her husband Charles Lindbergh across the North Atlantic and into East Asia.
-
C.
A Path Where No Man Thought
A Path Where No Man Thought is a science book by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan that explores nuclear winter and the catastrophic global consequences of nuclear war.
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D.
Hemingway Adventure
Hemingway Adventure is a travel documentary series in which Michael Palin retraces the life, journeys, and haunts of writer Ernest Hemingway around the world.
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E.
Long Walk
Long Walk is a famous tree-lined ceremonial avenue in Windsor Great Park that stretches from Windsor Castle into the surrounding parkland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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nature writing ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ travel memoir ⓘ |
| author | John Muir ⓘ |
| basedOn | John Muir's 1867 walking journey ⓘ |
| contains |
journal-like entries
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philosophical reflections ⓘ social observations of the Reconstruction-era South ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describesActivity |
long-distance walking
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plant collecting ⓘ |
| endLocationOfJourney | Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| features |
descriptions of landscapes
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detailed botanical observations ⓘ early conservationist ideas ⓘ reflections on nature and spirituality ⓘ |
| genre |
environmental literature
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travel literature ⓘ |
| hasCentralFigure | John Muir ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
American environmental thought
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perception of John Muir as an environmentalist ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American nature writing tradition
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early environmentalism ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ botany ⓘ conservation ⓘ natural history ⓘ wilderness ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| periodDescribed | post–American Civil War era ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| settingRegion |
Gulf Coast of the United States
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surface form:
Gulf Coast
Midwestern United States ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ |
| startLocationOfJourney | Indiana ⓘ |
| theme |
human relationship with nature
ⓘ
simplicity and walking as spiritual practice ⓘ value of wilderness preservation ⓘ |
| timeOfJourney | 1867 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf Description of subject: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf is John Muir’s posthumously published travel memoir chronicling his 1867 botanical trek from Indiana to the Gulf of Mexico, blending nature writing with early environmentalist thought.
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