Voyage of the Columbia around the world with John Boit, 1790-1793
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
contributor: Johansen, Dorothy O.
contributor: Small, Dana
creator: Boit, John, 1774-1829
issued: 2019-06-10
issued: [1960]
description: ""To bring relief to grades five through nine, Dorothy Johansen is editing a new series called Beaver Books ... ":- Norman Clark in the Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol.51, no.3, July, 1960, p.141. A blending of John Boit's account with that of John Hoskins designed for classroom use and independent reading. Based on Howay's edition of Hoskin's journal (no.263) and Boit's log as published in the Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, vol.22, 1921, pp[257]-351."-- 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. 27.
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extent: 92 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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note: VOYAGE HTHE AROUND THE WORLD WITH ImPHN VOITWm-1793 comments on tne Art of Navigation by B6411 DANA SMALL 1960 Voyage of the Columbia Around the World with JobntBoit,1790-1793 Edited by DOROTHY O. JOHANSEN With comments on the Art of Navigation by DANA SMALL Published by BEAVER BOOKS PUBLISHED FOR BEAVER BOOKS REED COLLEGE, PORTLAND 2, OREGON © i960 BY CHAMPOEG PRESS, INC. Acknowledgments We gratefully acknowledge permission to use selections from John Hoskin's narrative of the second voyage of the Columbia, in Voyages of the Columbia to the Northwest Coast, published by the Massachusetts Historical Society, and permission to use John Boifs Log of the Columbia, from the Oregon Historical Society's Quarterly. VOYAGE OF THE COLUMBIA Around the World with John Boit, 1790-1793 Introduction "Anchors Aweighl" Every age has had its dream of adventure and every age its adventurers. Two hundred years ago, adventure was exploration and discovery. The interiors of Africa and most of North America west of the Mississippi River were unknown and unmapped. The wide reaches of the Pacific Ocean had been crossed by only a few hardy sailors. For a Boston boy in 1790, the sea promised high adventure. He could smell it in the salt breeze, hear it in the snap of a ship's rigging, see it shadowed on a black hull restlessly nudging the worn timbers of the dock. And then a day came when the dream became reality. It was a day a boy would never forget—that day he boarded ship destined for some far off and strange land. There was no count-down to mark the sailing. The tide and wind dictated the hour of departure. Well in advance, the cargo had been loaded, the hatches battened down. The crew had stowed their duffle in lockers by their rolled hammocks or beside the hard narrow berths. The boy waited on the deck for the signal to cast off as his mates called farewells to wives and sweethearts, mothers and fathers who stood in little groups ship-side. There was suddenly too much to say and too f…
note: Includes bibliographic references Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6215281
has type: Books
identifier: FC3821.1 .B6411 1960
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0379573
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Portland : Beaver Books
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. FC3821.1 .B6411 1960
subject: Columbia (Ship : 1787-1801)
subject: Voyages around the world
subject: Voyages around the world--Early works to 1800
type: Text