A voyage to the northwest coast of America

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Physical Description: print
liii, 321 pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, portrait, facsimile ; 18 cm.
Publisher: Chicago : The Lakeside Press : R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1954.

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.
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