GMAT Reading Comprehension (RC) | In the field of historiography

In the field of historiography--the writing of history based on a critical examination of
authentic primary information sources—one area that has recently attracted attention
focuses on the responses of explorers and settlers to new landscapes in order to provide
insights into the transformations of the landscape itself has undergone as a result of
settlement. In this endeavor historiographers examining the history of the Pacific Coast
of United States have traditionally depended on the
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