Record details

• ISBN: 0300015771
• ISBN: 9780300015775
• Physical Description: xiv, 620 pages, [20] pages of plates : illustrations, 2 folded maps (in pocket) ; 26 cm
• Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1973.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 553-595).

Formatted Contents Note:

The maritime approach to the Northwest Coast, 1540-1650 -- Myth, legend, and fraud in the history of the Northwest Coast -- The Iberian thrust to Alta California and Alaska, 1769-1775 -- Spanish claims to the Northwest Coast challenged, 1778-1788 -- The clash at Nootka, 1789 -- To the brink of war, 1790 -- The Nootka crisis and Eastern North America -- The apogee of Spanish exploration, 1790-1791 -- Confrontation at friendly cove, 1792 -- Withdrawal from Nootka, 1793-1795 -- Spanish defense of Oregon's eastern perimeter, 1796-1807 -- The Spanish and "Manifest Destiny," 1808-1819 -- Atrophy of empire : the factors.

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Subject:

Whitman College > Special collections > Elliott-Davies Collection.
Northwest Coast of North America > Discovery and exploration > Spanish.
Northwest, Pacific > History.
Whitman College.
Discovery and exploration, Spanish.
North America > Northwest Coast of North America.
Pacific Northwest.

Genre:

History.

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• Yale Western Americana series ; 24.