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Historical atlas of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest : maps of exploration : British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Yukon
Record details
- ISBN: 1552899004
- ISBN: 9781552899007
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Physical Description:
208 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 33 cm.
print - Publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Cavendish Books, 1999.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-196) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Early approaches to teh Northwest coast -- First Spanish voyages to the Northwest coast -- Famous voyage of Sir Francis Drake -- Rumold Mercator's map of 1587 -- First map of the Pacific Northwest -- The 1597 Wyfliet map - the first American atlas -- The voyage of Juan de Fuca: real or imaginary? -- Vitus Bering's first voyage -- The Russians discover the Aleutians -- The first Spanish explorations on the Northwest coast -- James Cook's third voyage reaches the Pacific Northwest -- The journal of James Burney -- George Vancouver: midshipman -- The fur traders after Cook -- The illustrious John Meares -- Charles Barkley discovers teh "long lost strait" -- Peter Pond and his Northwest Passage -- The Alaskan voyage of Martinez and Haro -- The Spanish occupy Nootka -- The Nootka incident -- The Fidalgo expedition to Alaska in 1790 -- Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca -- In Cook's footsteps: the Malaspina expedition -- Galiano and Valdes: the last Spanish voyage of the exploration of the Northwest -- The maps of Juan Francisco Bodega y Quadra -- The first French fur-trading venture -- Robert Gray discovers the Columbia -- George Vancouver's maps -- Alexander Mackenzie: the first crossing of North America -- The first Russian circumnavigation -- Lewis and Clarke's overland trek to the Pacific -- Simon Fraser follows his river to the sea -- Astoria: the first American settlement -- David Thompson: Canada's great mapmaker -- The Hudson Bay Company and Fort Langley -- The travels of Peter Skene Ogden -- John Charles Fremont and the Oregon Trail -- James Douglas and the establishment of Fort Victoria -- Portland -- The evolution of the boundary between Canada and the United States -- Joseph Despard Pemberton, surveryor-general -- The Pacific railroad surverys -- Gold and the creation of British Columbia -- Colonel Moody's sappers in British Columbia -- Hydrographic surveys of thh British Columbia coast -- Choosing sites for lighthouses -- Point Roberts: the "inconvenient appendage" -- The Cariboo gold rush -- A telegraph line round the world? -- The short-lived Stickeen Territories -- The purchase of Alaska by the United States -- The Trutch map of 1871 -- The San Juan boundary dispute -- The Canadian Pacific Railway comes to British Columbia -- Amor de Cosmos and the case for a Victoria terminus -- The CPR and teh founding of Vancouver -- Gold rush to the Klondike -- The White Pass and Yukon railway -- The Alaska boundary settlement of 1903 -- The Grand Trunk Pacific and the Northern Route -- The Canadian Northern Railway. |
| Action Note: | Committed to retain 20170101 20321231 COPPUL SPAN Monograph |
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- 14 of 15 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Rupert Library | Atlas 911 Hist (Text) | 33294001083955 | Atlas Stand | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
"While I tried to assemble a representative collection of different types of maps form different sources, to illustrate the significant events in Pacific Northwest history, the choice is ultimately a personal one, tempered by availability." --p.7
