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In 1811 a group of American traders built a fort at the mouth of the Columbia River, named Fort Astoria in honour of its financier, John Jacob Astor. Envisioned as the spur of a fur-trading empire, by 1813 the project was a business failure and the fort was surrendered to the British. But in its short life Astoria rendered incalculable benefits to public understanding of the Great Northwest. The exploration of trade routes, the description of various...
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Western Americana volume reel 467, no. 4674
Rio Grande classic
American exploration and travel volume 14
Rio Grande classic
American exploration and travel volume 14
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Works. Geoffrey Crayon ed volume 8
American exploration and travel volume no. 34
American exploration and travel volume 34
American exploration and travel volume no. 34
American exploration and travel volume 34
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Alexander Ross offers a completely authentic account of the earliest attempts by men of European background to come to grips with the climate, geography, and inhabitants of the Northwest at a time when resourcefulness and daring were prime virtues. It offers, moreover, an on-the-scene interpretation of the conflict between American and British interests, their rivalry for the vast wealth in Northwest furs, the conflict between free trade and corporate...
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American exploration and travel volume 39
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This book is the first comprehensive account of the Great Basin from its discovery by white ment in 1776 to the time its true physiographical nature was finally understood, when Fremont, on his Second Expedtion gave it the name it bears today.
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American exploration and travel volume 43
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Presents Lieutenant James H. Simpson's journal chronicling his experiences surveying and exploring present-day New Mexico in 1849.