The conquest of our western empire
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Laut, Agnes C., 1871-1936
issued: 2018-01-30
issued: 1927
description: "A popular history of early western exploration written in eight chapters: Robert Gray on the Columbia.- Vancouver.- Alexander Mackenzie.- John Jewitt.- Lewis and Clark.- The Tonquin.- Astoria.- Portland, Oregon. Repreinted in 1932 in "McBride's dollar travel series". -- 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. 167.
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extent: 363 pages : frontispiece (photograph) ; illustrations, maps, photographs ; 22 cm
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note: THE LIBRARY THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA The F. W. Howay and R. L. Reid Collection of Canadiana OJ mimmmm THE CONQUEST OF OUR WESTERN EMPIRE THE CONQUEST OF OUR WESTERN EMPIRE By AGNES C. LAUT author OF "Through Our Unknown Southwest" "The Enchanted Trails of Glacier Park" etc., etc. ROBERT M. McBRIDE & COMPANY NEW YORK 1927 COPYRIGHT, I927i BY ROBERT M. MCBRIDE & COMPANY First Published, October, 1927 THE CONQUEST OP OUR WESTERN EMPIRE PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OP AMERICA CONTENTS PAGH FOREWORD ii PART I THE LODESTAR OF THE WESTERN SEA, THE FIRST SHIP TO CARRY THE STARS AND STRIPES AROUND THE WORLD, 1787-1792 . 21 II VANCOUVER'S RACE ROUND THE SEVEN SEAS TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, 1789-1794 . 56 III THE RACE OVERLAND TO THE PACIFIC, ALEX ANDER MACKENZIE, 1789-1793 . . |j . 78 IV JEWITT AND THE SHIP BOSTON ON THE PACIFIC COAST, 1803-1806 123 V LAST RACE OVERLAND FOR THE PACIFIC, LEWIS AND CLARK, 1803-1806 . . . .182 VI ASTOR TAKES UP THE PROCESSION TO THE WESTERN EMPIRE. THE TONQUIN TO THE PACIFIC, 1810-1811 253 VII THE HIGHLAND CHIEFS OF ASTORIA FOUND THE INLAND EMPIRE, 1811-1818 . . . . 278 VIII WHERE OLD AND NEW MEET IN MODERN PORTLAND, 1821-1846 327 ILLUSTRATIONS The Lodestar of the Western Sea, Captain Robert Gray ....... Frontispiece FACING PAGE Callicum and Maquinna, Chiefs of the Principal Nootka Sound Tribes ., . . .. . . 14 Maquinna ,.,...,. 15 Tatooch, the Killer . . . . . . . 15 The Only Remaining Indian Sepulcher on Mennaloose Island 15 The Theatre of Exploration and Discovery Along the West Coast of America 23 Captain Robert Gray, Discoverer of the Columbia River 30 The Cascades of the Columbia 31 The Lower Reaches of the Columbia River from Longview to Astoria . . . . .62 The Celebration in Honor of the Coming of Age of the Daughter of Chief Maquinna .... 63 The Northwest America, the First Vessel Built on the Pacific, Launched in Nootka Sound . . ... . 63 The Columbia River Highway 94 The Hudson's Bay Post at Colville, Washington . . 95 Fort …
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has type: Books
identifier: F5514.1 .L18 1927
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0363415
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: New York : Robert M. McBride & Company
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. F5514.1 .L18 1927
subject: West (U.S.)
subject: Discoveries in geography
subject: Pacific Coast (America)
type: Text