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• Physical Description: 394 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
• Publisher: Portland, Or. : Binfords & Mort, 1954.

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The fifteenth century world -- Pacific explorations before Columbus -- The voyage of Hwui Shan -- Renaissance explorations -- Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean -- Cortez establishes Spanish power -- Romance and myth of the Pacific -- Cabrillo and Ferrelo explore a new coastline -- Sir Francis Drake, buccaneer deluxe -- Gali observes the coastline South -- Vizcaino surveys north to Old Oregon -- Russia enters the Pacific -- Vitus Bering, the outlander -- Russians in the North Pacific -- Spain returns -- Juan Perez reaches 55 north -- Heceta and Quadra head a great Spanish expedition -- James Cook, trader-geographer-explorer -- Hanna sails into the North Pacific -- Laperouse starts around the world -- James Strange goes to Nootka -- John Meares, English trader -- Lesser English traders -- Spain's last try for power -- Vancouver maps the Northwest Coast -- Gray discovers the Columbia River -- The end of Northwest explorations by the sea -- The search for the western sea -- Radisson and Groseillers at Hudson Bay -- The De La Verendryes, and exploring family -- Jonathan Carver's famous book of travels -- Hearne lays the ghost of Anian -- Alexander Mackenzie discovers a great river -- Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific -- Fur trade and exploration -- Manuel Lisa, the Indians' friend -- Astor and the Pacific Fur Company -- The "Tonquin" goes to the Columbia -- Hunt and the overland Astorians -- The North West Company of Canada -- Trade and trading methods -- Nor'westers as explorers -- David Thompson discovers Athabasca Pass -- Rocky Mountain men -- Jedediah Smith defies the Spaniards -- The Rocky Mountain Fur Company -- Dr. John McLoughlin, American citizen.

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Northwest Coast of North America > Discovery and exploration.
Northwest, Pacific > History.
Explorers > Northwest, Pacific.
Discoveries in geography.
Explorers.
North America > Northwest Coast of North America.
Pacific Northwest.

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History.