Captain George Vancouver in Alaska and the North Pacific
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Captain George Vancouver in Alaska and the North Pacific
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Captain George Vancouver in Alaska and the North Pacific

Captain George Vancouver in Alaska and the North Pacific

by James K. Barnett
Captain George Vancouver in Alaska and the North Pacific

Captain George Vancouver in Alaska and the North Pacific

by James K. Barnett

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781578336739
Publisher: Todd Communications
Publication date: 09/26/2017
Pages: 300
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

About the Author 4

Preface 5

Chapter I Charting the Unknown Coast 9

Chapter II Voyages of the Enlightenment 39

Chapter III Crisis and Conflict at Nootka Sound 75

Chapter IV The Pacific Northwest Revealed 107

Archival Color Images between p. 148 & p. 149 i-xliv

Chapter V Missions and Presidios in California 149

Chapter VI Kamehameha and the Hawaiian Cession 179

Chapter VII Inland Passageways 215

Chapter VIII Cook Inlet to Port Conclusion 243

Chapter IX A Hero's Rebuke 277

Chapter X Conquering the Farthest Shore 307

Bibliography 341

Vancouver Voyage Chronology 347

Two Hundred Selected Place Names Given by Capt. Vancouver 359

Index 375

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