Art work on British Columbia, Canada : published in twelve parts
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Carre, William H.
creator: Gosnell, R. E. (R. Edward), 1860-1931
issued: 2017-05-29
issued: 1900
description: "The plates are from contemporary photographs; the text is limited to a brief historical resume." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 159.
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extent: 356 unnumbered pages : photographs ; 35 cm
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note: Art (Dor!*, OR Brttisf) Colombia Canada O PoMisfyed tn Tvelve Parts G\ M WIIvIylAi^ H. CARRE 1^00 STEAMER EMPRESS OF JAPAN LEAVING VANCOUVER. British Columbia s History and Development. By R. E. Gosnell, late Provincial Librarian. THE STORY of British Columbia, embracing the whole of its varied experiences from the earliest discoveries on the Pacific Coast up to the present time, would involve the writing of a very big book. So far as its history is concerned, it may be conveniently divided into three eras : Discovery, fur-trading and early settlement, and political organization. The first takes us back to the time when Balboa, in that picturesque incident of American history, having crossed the Isthmus of Panama, first of white men, in 1813, looked out over the waters of the Pacific Ocean ; and carries us r«£S sa along through the long list of famous navigators and explorers, Dutch, Spanish, English, French and American, to our own great Cook in 1778, and Vancouver in 1792, when the British Columbia coast line of to-day was definitely indicated throughout its entire length. It also includes the overland journey of the intrepid Mackenzie, which extended to the northern waters of the Pacific in 1793, and opened a gateway for the traders of the Northwest Fur Company. That period, too, properly takes in the Russian discoveries in the extreme rtorth- westfjrn waters of the continent, which culminated practically where Cook and Vancouver's ended, and bequeathed to us the Behring Sea dispute and Alaska Boundary question. It would be impossible, within prescribed limits, to even partially outline the events—the precursors of present conditions—which affected our history prior to the last-named date. The fur-trading era begins with Portlock and Dixon in 1787, and Meares in 1788, the latter of whom in his row with the Spaniards gave us the "Nootka Affair." The outcome of this unpleasantness, which all but plunged two nations into war, was the establishment of British suprema…
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has type: Books
identifier: FC3812 .A77 1900a
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0347965
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [place of publication unknown] : William H. Carre
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.
source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. FC3812 .A77 1900a
subject: British Columbia--Pictorial works
subject: British Columbia--History--19th century
type: Text