Narrative of a voyage to the northwest coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the first American settlement on the Pacific
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alternative: The first American settlement on the Pacific
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
contributor: Huntington, J. V. (Jedediah Vincent), 1815-1862
creator: Franchère, Gabriel, 1786-1863
issued: 2015-10-14
issued: 1854
description: "Contains a new preface entitled "Preface to the second edition", an additional chapter, and an appendix giving an account of the fate of some of the people who left Astoria both before and after its transfer to the British. Reprinted in vol.6 of Early Western travels, edited by R.G. Thwaites (no.541)."-- Strathern, G. M. , & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 102.
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extent: 376 pages, [8] unnumbered pages : frontispiece (illustration), advertisements, illustrations ; 19 cm
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note: ^ «or tyr - iiaf&&$* , aro ■XI ■>" m/L f. )£*£#*£&rf ?'-. V».:-.: . • -e* ■ •;•"- f\-=v %• Tp#re**i ^^fifie-eee e:: -:ee" NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA IN THE YEAR£ 1811, 1812, 1813, AND 1814 OR THE * FIRST AMERICAN SETTLEMENT ON THE PACIFIC By GABRIEL FRANCHERE TRANSLATED AND EDITED-BY J. V. HUNTINGTON REDFIELD 110 AND 112 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK 1854. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION j In 1846, when, the boundary question (that of the Oregon Territory in particular) was at its height, the Hon. Thomas H. Benton delivered in the United States Senate a decisive speech, of which the following is an extract: — "Now for the proof of all I have said. I happen to have in my possession the book of all others, whichf^ives the fullest and most authentic details on all the points I have mentioned—a book written at a time, and under circumstances, when the author (himself a British subject and familiar on the Columbia) had no more idea that the British would lay claim to that river, than PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. Mr. Harmon, the American writer whom I quoted, ever thought of our claiming New Caledonia. It is the work of Mr. Franchere, a gentleman of Montreal, with whom I have the pleasure to be personally acquainted, and one of those employed by Mr. Astor in founding his colony. He was at the founding of Astoria, at its sale to the Northwest Company, saw the place seized as a British conquest, and continued there after its ' seizure. He wrote in French: his work has not been done into English, though it well deserves it; and I read from the French text. He v gives a brief and true account of the discovery of the Columbia." I felt justly proud of this notice of my unpretending wo*k, especially that the latter should have contributed, as it did, to the amicable settlement of the then pending difficulties. I have flattered myself ever since, that it belonged to the historical literature of the great country, which by adoption has become mine. The re-perus…
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has type: Books
has type: Travel literature
identifier: F5819.2 .F81 1854
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0222788
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: New York : Redfield
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subject: Voyages to the Pacific coast
subject: Oregon Territory--History
subject: Astoria (Or.)
subject: Northwest, Canadian--Description and travel
subject: Hawaii--History--To 1893
subject: Hawaii--Description and travel
type: Text