Sir James Douglas
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
is part of: Makers of Canada
creator: Coats, Robert Hamilton, 1874-1960
creator: Gosnell, R. E. (R. Edward), 1860-1931
issued: 2019-07-31
issued: 1908
description: "(The makers of Canada. Edited by D. C. Scott, P. Edgar, and W. D. Le Sueur) Really a history of Vancouver Island and British Columbia before amalgamation and during Douglas' tenure as governor, with special emphasis on the Cariboo gold excitement of 1858-62. Also: Canadian Club edition (Toronto, Morang & Co., 1910). Also: 1912. (Parkman edition, v. 20). Also: London, Oxford University Press, 1926." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 170. "(Half-title: The makers of Canada. Edition de luxe; edited by Duncan Campbell Scott, Pelham Edgar and William Dawson LeSuer [v.20]). Edition limited to four hundred signed and numbered sets. Series title also at head of t.p. 'Really a history of Vancouver Island and British Columbia before amalgamation, and during Douglas' tenure as governor, with special emphasis on the Cariboo gold excitement of 1858-62':- Lowther. Later editions listed under series (no.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. 58. "Contents: ... vol. 8. Bryce, G. Mackenzie, Selkirk, Simpson. 1905 .... vol.20. Coats, RH. and Gosnell, R.E. Sir James Douglas. 1908.- vol.21. Doughty, A.G. Index and dictionary. 1911. Copy (not seen): Vancouver P.L. (incomplete)." -- 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. 191.
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extent: 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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note: PSfetii THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA library! From the library of Dr. C.E. Dolman THE MAKERS OF CANADA EDITED BY DUNCAN CAMPBELL SCOTT, F.R.S.C., PELHAM EDGAR, Ph.D., and WILLIAM DAWSON LE SUEUR, B.A., LL.D., F.R.S.C. SIR JAMES DOUGLAS I EDITION DE LUXE This edition is limited to Four Hundred Signed and Numbered Sets, of which this is Number /* I KKRS OF CANADA SIR JAM$t DOUGLAS BY ROBERT HAMILTON COATS AND R. E. GOSNELL THE MAKERS OF CANADA SIR JAMES DOUGLAS BY ROBERT HAMILTON COATS AND R. E. GOSNELL EDITION DE LUXE TORONTO MORANG & CO., LIMITED 1908 ^BftfPPB^5^^^^5^2S?35^^S%^S^^^^^Sl^^E ISESiaE^5fKaiSi*&»itoKJt*tew jt&Mkti^S^inMSii SSHI^iBBI Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year 1908 by Morang & Co., Limited, in the Department of Agriculture. CONTENTS CHAPTER I THE NORTH-WEST COAST CHAPTER II THE TRAVELLER OVERLAND Page 1 49 CHAPTER III NEW CALEDONIA 87 CHAPTER IV FORT VANCOUVER 113 CHAPTER V THE OREGON BOUNDARY 147 CHAPTER VI VICTORIA 175 CHAPTER VII VANCOUVER ISLAND CHAPTER VIII THE TWO COLONIES 207 231 CHAPTER IX CONFEDERATION INDEX 303 357 CHAPTER I V. THE NORTH-WEST COAST BRITISH Columbia, as we know it to-day, has had an organic existence only since the year 1859, or, at the earliest, if we include the colony of Vancouver Island, since 1849. Its history, therefore, as Crown colony and province of the Dominion of Canada, is contemporary with the lives of many still living. In a previous era, however, the region had bulked large in the annals of the fur trade; and in a period still more remote it was a part of the romatic story of the conquest of the Pacific. If, therefore, we would penetrate beyond results to ultimate causes, to see the community in its making and the material which the most active of its makers found to his hand, as well as the development which sprang from that beginning, we should find that the inquiry, notwithstanding the remoteness of the region from the political life of the continent with which we are m…
note: Includes index. Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/936836945
has type: Books
identifier: FC3822.1.D692 C62 1908a
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0380249
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Toronto : Morang & Co., Limited
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. FC3822.1.D692 C62 1908a
subject: Douglas, James, 1803-1877
subject: British Columbia--History
type: Text