The northwest coast ; or, three years' residence in Washington Territory. With numerous illustrations
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Swan, James G., 1818-1900
issued: 2016-04-26
issued: 1857
description: "Apparently printed in the U.S.A. with the addition of a new t.p." -- 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. 282.
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extent: 435, 12 pages : illustrations, tables, advertisements, map (folded) ; 22 cm
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note: THE NOETH-WEST COAST; OB, THREE YEARS' RESIDENCE IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY. BY JAME8 G. SWAN. 2®Mtj) numerous Illustrations. *0 An c/ LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, SON, & CO., 47, LUDGATE HILL. New York: Habper & Brothers. 1857. TO THE HON. J. PATTON ANDERSON J THE FIRST UNITED STATES MARSHAL AND SECOND DELEGATE TO CONGRESS FROM WASHINGTON TERRITORY, Sljis iltork is lUapejctfttlln S nombri* BY HIS FRIEND, JAMES G. SWAN. INTRODUCTION. The intention of this volume is to give a general and concise account of that portion of the Northwest Coast lying between the Straits of Fuca and the Columbia River—a region which has never attracted the explorers and navigators of the Northwest, since the times of Meares and Vancouver, sufficiently for them to give it more than a passing remark. The fine bay north of the Columbia (Shoal-water Bay), which was discovered and named by Meares in 1789, and surveyed by Lieutenant Alden, of the United States Coast Survey, in 1852, was actually passed through by the boats of Wilkes's Exploring Expedition, who merely mentions the fact, without considering the bay of sufficient importance either to give it a passing notice or even place it on his chart. At the present time, when every thing relating to the Northwest frontier is looked upon with interest, and particularly the country around the Columbia River, Gray's Harbor, and Puget Sound, it was thought that some later information than can be found in the works of Ross Cox, Lewis and Clarke, and Irving, would be acceptable, both to those persons desirous of emigration to the region west of the Rocky Mountains, as well as those who already have friends in the Territory. fi^fi VI INTRODUCTION. To make the work of interest to the general reader, I have been obliged, while endeavoring to bring forward each subject worthy of interest, to condense and confine myself within certain limits, so as not to elaborate too much any one topic. I have, so far as possible, only related such circumstances as have come un…
note: Includes index. Other Copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61460736
has type: Books
identifier: F891 .S97 1857a
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0305039
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: London : Sampson Low, Son, & Co.
publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. F891 .S97 1857a
subject: Swan, James G., 1818-1900
subject: Travel
subject: Washington (State)
subject: Washington (State)--Description and travel
subject: Washington Territory--History
type: Text