| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Amazing stories |
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Amazing stories (Surrey, B.C.)
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| Contents |
Prologue -- Introduction Voyaging for Glory, God, and Gain -- chapter 1 First Approaches -- chapter 2 Back in the Game -- chapter 3 Trouble to Be Expected -- chapter 4 Seeking Captain Cook -- chapter 5 A Quarrelsome Man -- chapter 6 Turmoil at Nootka -- chapter 7 Arresting Developments -- chapter 8 Eliza Heads North -- chapter 9 The Thinking Man's Voyage -- chapter 10 Strait Explorations -- chapter 11 The Expedition of the Limits -- chapter 12 Two Empires Meet -- chapter 13 The End of It All |
| Summary |
They endured the torments of scurvy and the vagaries of deep fogs, adverse winds, and contrary currents. They suffered through appalling quarters and rotting food. They spent years away from their homes and families, never knowing whether they would return. Their orders from Spain might well arrive long after they were needed, six months or longer into the journey. For more than two centuries, Spaniards ranged the coast of the Americas, penetrating almost to the Bering Strait from their bases in Mexico and charting the convoluted coastline of the Pacific Northwest. Yet they persevered, establishing relationships with the native peoples and negotiating disputes with rival explorers from other countries, jubilant in their discoveries, saddened by their losses. And they did it all for the honour of their homeland, the glory of God, and the promise of gain. In the end, Spain would not prevail on the Northwest Coast, but the story of their efforts is one well worth telling--and reading |
| Analysis |
HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal |
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HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries |
| Notes |
"Edited by Karla Decker"--PDF title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Spaniards -- Northwest Coast of North America -- History -- 18th century
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Explorers -- Northwest Coast of North America -- History -- 18th century
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Explorers -- Spain -- History -- 18th century
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Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Discoveries in geography -- Spanish
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Explorers
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Indians of North America
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Spaniards
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| SUBJECT |
Northwest Coast of North America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish
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Northwest Coast of North America -- History -- 18th century
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| Subject |
North America -- Northwest Coast of North America
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Spain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Decker, Karla, 1950- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781927527856 |
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1927527856 |
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9781927527849 |
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1927527848 |
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