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A Voyage to the North West Side of America : The Journals of James Colnett, 1786-89.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (457 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780774851961
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Voyage to the North West Side of AmericaDDC classification:
  • 917.11/1041
LOC classification:
  • F851.5 -- .C825 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Maps -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- James Colnett -- Andrew Bracey Taylor -- Origins of Colnett's Expedition -- Vessels and Personnel -- Voyage of the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal -- The Contact Process: The Northwest Coast and Hawaiian Islands -- Aftermath and Evaluation -- The Documents -- A Note on the Editing -- A VOYAGE TO THE NORTH WEST SIDE OF AMERICA: THE JOURNALS -- Part 1: Departure and 1787 Season -- [Preparations and Departure from London] -- Route from England to St. Jago and Transactions there -- From Cape de Verde to Staten Land -- From Staten Land Round Cape Horn to the Equator -- From the Equator to Nootka -- Transactions at Nootka -- A Description of Nootka and Its Inhabitants -- Transactions from Nootka to Leaving Port Brooks -- From Port Brooks to Charlotte Isles and Transactions there -- From Port St. James to Anchorage on the Eastern Shore -- Remarks from America to Owyhee -- Part 2: 1788 Season -- Remarks at Owyhee and Other Sandwich Isles -- Route from Oneehow to America -- Remarks from Prince William's Sound to Foggy Harbour -- Remarks from Foggy Harbour to Cape Edgecombe -- Remarks from Cape Edgecombe to Leaving Charlotte Isles -- APPENDICES -- 1 Route of the Princess Royal in 1788 -- 2 Gitkxaala Contact Narratives -- 3 Place Names on the Northwest Coast: Colnett, Duncan, and Johnstone -- 4 Prince of Wales and Princess Royal Personnel -- 5 List of Illustrations Originally Appearing in Colnett's Journal -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: The journal of James Colnett is the last unpublished account of the early maritime fur trade on the Northwest Coast.
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Intro -- Contents -- Maps -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- James Colnett -- Andrew Bracey Taylor -- Origins of Colnett's Expedition -- Vessels and Personnel -- Voyage of the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal -- The Contact Process: The Northwest Coast and Hawaiian Islands -- Aftermath and Evaluation -- The Documents -- A Note on the Editing -- A VOYAGE TO THE NORTH WEST SIDE OF AMERICA: THE JOURNALS -- Part 1: Departure and 1787 Season -- [Preparations and Departure from London] -- Route from England to St. Jago and Transactions there -- From Cape de Verde to Staten Land -- From Staten Land Round Cape Horn to the Equator -- From the Equator to Nootka -- Transactions at Nootka -- A Description of Nootka and Its Inhabitants -- Transactions from Nootka to Leaving Port Brooks -- From Port Brooks to Charlotte Isles and Transactions there -- From Port St. James to Anchorage on the Eastern Shore -- Remarks from America to Owyhee -- Part 2: 1788 Season -- Remarks at Owyhee and Other Sandwich Isles -- Route from Oneehow to America -- Remarks from Prince William's Sound to Foggy Harbour -- Remarks from Foggy Harbour to Cape Edgecombe -- Remarks from Cape Edgecombe to Leaving Charlotte Isles -- APPENDICES -- 1 Route of the Princess Royal in 1788 -- 2 Gitkxaala Contact Narratives -- 3 Place Names on the Northwest Coast: Colnett, Duncan, and Johnstone -- 4 Prince of Wales and Princess Royal Personnel -- 5 List of Illustrations Originally Appearing in Colnett's Journal -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

The journal of James Colnett is the last unpublished account of the early maritime fur trade on the Northwest Coast.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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