Vancouver's discovery of Puget Sound;
portraits and biographies of the men honored in the naming of geographic features of northwestern America,
by Edmond S. Means.

Description

Main Author

Meany, Edmond S. (Edmond Stephen), 1862-1935.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York, The Macmillan Company; Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,

Subjects

Vancouver, George, > Vancouver, George, / 1757-1798.
Juan de Fuca, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.)
Nootka Sound (B.C.)
Northwest Coast of North America > Northwest Coast of North America / Discovery and exploration.
Puget Sound (Wash.) > Puget Sound (Wash.) / Biography.
Puget Sound (Wash.)

Note

Chapters 5-12 (p. 60-334) include a portion of Vancouver's journal, reprinted from v. 2 of his Voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and round the world: 2d edition. London, 1801. The reprint "is designed to follow that explorer from the time he strikes the shore of the present state of Washington ... on into Puget Sound, and around Vancouver Island, and, finally, through the negotiations at Nootka".

Physical Description

xvii, 344 p. illus. 22 cm.

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