Record details

• Physical Description: liii, 321 pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, portrait, facsimile ; 18 cm.
• Publisher: Chicago : The Lakeside Press : 1954.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Translation of Relation d'un voyage à la côte du nord-ouest de l'Amérique septentrionale dans les années 1810, 11, 12, 13, et 14.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Historical introduction -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the French edition -- Introduction -- From Montreal to New York -- From New York to the Falklands -- Around Cape Horn -- Sojourn at Hawaii -- Domain of King Tamehameha -- From Hawaii to the Columbia -- Founding of Astoria -- Ascending the Columbia -- Fort Astoria completed -- Desertion and pursuit -- Arrival of Overland party -- Trading and exploring activities -- War and confusion -- Fate of the Tonquin -- Surrender of Astoria -- Indian treachery and warfare -- Last winter on the Columbia -- Natural resources of the Columbia -- The native inhabitants -- War, matrimony, and religion -- Return to Canada -- On the Upper Colombia -- Crossing the Rocky Mountains -- Descending the Athabasca -- Down the Saskatchewan -- Lake Winnipeg and Rainy Lake -- Arrival at Fort William -- From Fort William to Montreal -- In retrospect -- Appendix: Errors of Washington Irving.

Action Note:

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Astoria (Or.)
Fur trade > Oregon > 19th century.
Oregon Territory > History > 19th century.
Voyages to the Pacific coast > 19th century.
Northwest, Canadian > Description and travel > 19th century.
Fur trade.
Travel.
United States > Oregon Territory
Canada > Canadian Northwest.
Oregon.
Oregon > Astoria.

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