The new El Dorado, or, British Columbia


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A glowing description of British Columbia and its settlement possibilities, written by an Englishman who arrived in Victoria from San Francisco in June 1858 to prospect for Fraser River gold

Author(s): Kinahan Cornwallis, Great Britain Colonial Office Library (Former owner)
Document: Book · Hardcover · ONLINE CIRC [ 2 ]
Edition: 1st Edition
Published: 1858
Physical Description: xxviii, 405 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
Genre: History
Notes:

Three pages of publisher's advertisements at end

Contents:

Appendix. I. An Act to provide for the government of British Columbia, 2d August, 1858 II. Letter from Gov. Stevens ... Treaty made between the United States and Great Britain in regard to limits westward of the Rocky Mountains, June 15, 1846 III. Despatch from Washington IV. Copies or extracts of correspondence relative to the discovery of gold in the Frazer's River district ... V. Report of a canoe expedition ... VI. Copy of the original charter for incorporating the Hudson's Bay Company ... VII. Extract from the crown grant charter of 1838 ... VIII. Copy of the treaty between Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the United States of America for the settlement of the Oregon boundary ... IX. Free trade with Vancouver Island and upon Frazer River X. Rights of the Hudson's Bay Company XI. Miscellaneous XII. The way there

Subjects:

British Columbia, British Columbia Description and travel, British Columbia Fraser River Valley, Colombie-Britannique Descriptions et voyages, Frontier and pioneer life, Frontier and pioneer life British Columbia, Gold mines and mining, Gold mines and mining British Columbia, Gold mines and mining British Columbia Fraser River Valley, Hudson's Bay

 

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
Internet Archive: Books Book Digital 1st Edition 1858 Thomas Cautley Newby, London, 1858
The University of British Columbia: Open Collections Book Digital 1st Edition 1858 London : Thomas Cautley Newby

 

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