Columbia's river the voyages of Robert Gray, 1787-1793 by J. Richard Nokes


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Title Cover Image: Columbia's river

Title:
Columbia's river

Sub Title:
the voyages of Robert Gray, 1787-1793

Author(s):
J. Richard Nokes

Circulation:
Non-circulating [ 1 ]

Published:
1991

Edition:
1st Edition

Document:
Book · Paperback

Physical Description:
xviii, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Genre:
Diaries

Summary:

Covers the voyages of Robert Gray from 1787 to 1793 along the Pacific Northwest coast. The two voyages of the American Robert Gray, one began in 1787 and the other in 1790. In 1787, he was captain of the sloop Lady Washington, and entailed trade and discovery in the Pacific Northwest. He switched to captaining the Columbia which he took back to Boston by crossing the Pacific to China, thus becoming the first American to circumnavigating the globe. In 1790 he sailed the Columbia from Boston, around Cape Horn and up the west coast of South and North Americas to the Pacific Northwest.

Subjects:

Columbia (Fleuve) Descriptions et voyages, Columbia (cours d'eau) Descriptions et voyages, Columbia River, Columbia River Description and travel, Discoveries in geography, Entdeckungsreise, Geschichte (1787-1793), Geschichte (1790-1793), Gray, Robert, Gray, Robert Travel Northwest Coast of North America, Gray, Robert, 1755-1806, Gray, Robert, 1755-

Notes:

"Published in conjunction with the 1992 International Maritime Bicentennial."

Notes:

"Published in conjunction with the 1992 International Maritime Bicentennial."

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Collection Resource Edition Published Publisher Avaliability
The Cascade District
Encyclopedia Library
Book 3rd Edition 1991 Washington State Historical Society Paperback
The Cascade District
Encyclopedia Library
Resource Book
Edition 3rd Edition
Published 1991
Publisher Washington State Historical Society
Paperback

 

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