A voyage to the North Pacific and a journey through Siberia more than half a century ago
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: D'Wolf, John, 1779-1872
issued: 2022-03-16
issued: 1861
description: ""One hundred copies printed":- Sabin. "Printed but not published":- Soliday. Account of the second trading voyage of the Juno with much information on Alaska and Russian traders; includes a visit to Vancouver Island in 1805."-- 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. 74-75.
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extent: 147 pages ; 22 cm
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note: VOYAGE TO TIE NOETI PACIFIC AND A JOURNEY THROUGH SIBERIA MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY AGO. By CAPTAIN JOHN D'WOLP. OAMBRIDGE: WELCH, BIOELOW, AND COMPANY, PREFACE. My only object in combining the reminiscences and memoranda of my first voyage as shipmaster into a connected narrative, is to leave some slight record of that voyage in my family. Although I am not one of those who regard everything beyond the smoke of their own chimneys as marvellous, I think my expedition to the Northwest Coast was made a little remarkable fro-1 the circumstance that I met at Norfolk Sound his Excellency Baron von Resanoff, to whom I sold my vessel, and thou crossed the North Pacific in a little craft of twenty-five tons burden, and after au overland journey of fifty-five hundred miles returned home by the way of St Petersburg. This was a voyage and travels more than half a century ago, and I was probably the first American who passed through Siberia. I know that others have claimed to be the first, and have published descriptions of the country; but I had gone over the some route before any of these claimants market They proposed that I should take the command. I had no expectation of such an offer, since I thought myself too young and inexperienced to enter upon an entirely new branch of trade, and entertained some misgivings of my qualifications for such an enterprise. At the same time I could not so far doubt my~ abilities as to neglect so advantageous an opportunity, and I therefore accepted the trust. Having engaged in the undertaking, we lost no time in making the necessary arrangements, in procuring a cargo suitable for traffic, and in preparing the vessel for the voyage. When ready for sea, the Juno and her lading were valued at $ 35,000. The Juno at that day was . considered a crack ship, and her outfit embraced all that was needed for both comfort and convenience. She mounted eight carriage guns, and was otherwise armed in proportion, and when hauled into the stream presented q…
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has type: Books
identifier: g480 .D3 1861
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0407257
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Cambridge : Welch, Bigelow, and Company, printers to the University
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. g480 .D3 1861
subject: Voyages around the world
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