Search for the Northwest Passage
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Tells of the three hundred-year quest by a variety of nations to find the reputed short cut through North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific |
| Author(s): | Lucile Saunders McDonald |
| Document: | Book · Hardcover · CIRC [ 1 ] |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Published: | 1958 |
| Physical Description: | 137 pages illustrations 23 cm |
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| Contents: | Author's note The unknown coast Juan de Fuca's story Russians find a new land Treasure from the sea Perez seeks the Russians The silver spoons Heceta takes possession Massacre on a lonely beach Heceta finds the mouth of the Columbia The voyage of Captain Cook Spain's second search fro the Russians Captain Hanna's fiery joke News of a waterway Duncan looks at the Strait Launching of the Northwest America Martinez visits the Aleutians The race for Nootka Martinez finds an intruder The Spaniards' first look at the Strait The return of Bodega y Quadra Eliza's expedition Malaspina's cruise Christmas at Clayoquot Sound Gray encounters strangers Gray makes history Fidalgo founds a colony Berries bring death The Sutil and the Mexicana Galiano and Vancouver meet Peter Puget's sound A botanist's paradise Circumnavigating Vancouver Island Galiano plants a doubt Farewell to a settlement Broughton in the Columbia Years of indecision |
| Subjects: | Arctic Ocean Northwest Passage, Discoveries in geography, Nord-Ouest, Passage du, North America Pacific Coast, Northwest Passage, Pacific Coast (North America) Discovery and exploration, Pacific Coast (North America) European exploration, Pacifique, Côte du (Amérique du Nord) Découverte et exploration |
Circulation
Here are a list of places where this title can be found and the various formats it can be found in.
| Collection | Resource | Available | Edition | Published | Publisher |
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| The Cascade District: Encyclopedia Library | Book | Hardcover | 1st Edition | 1958 | Binford & Mort |
Last updated: 2023-11-15