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• Title:[Relation d'un voyage à la côte du nord-ouest de l'Amérique septentrionale. English]
  A voyage to the northwest coast of America / by Gabriel Franchère ; edited by Milo Milton Quaife.
  
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• Variant Title: Journal of a voyage on the north west coast of North America
  
• Author/Creator:Franchère, Gabriel, 1786-1863, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880-1959.
  
• Published/Created:Chicago : Lakeside Press ; R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1954.
  

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  • Call Number: F5819.2 .F81 1954
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
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  • Call Number: F5819.2 .F81 1954
    
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  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Fur trade--Oregon.
  Voyages to the Pacific coast.
  Astoria (Or.)
  Oregon Territory--History.
  Northwest, Canadian--Description and travel.
  
• Description:liii, 321 pages (pages 319-321 advertisements) : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 18 cm.
  
• Series:Lakeside classics ; 52.
  
• Additional formats:Available also online.
  
• Notes:Translation of first French ed., 1820, published under title: Relation d'un voyage à la côte du nord-ouest de l'Amérique septentrionale...
  Also published in English as: Journal of a voyage on the north west coast of North America.
  Listed in: The Washington 89 / by George H. Tweney.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• Contents:Historical introduction
  Preface to the second edition
  Preface to the French edition
  Introduction
  From Montreal to New York
  From New York to the Falklands
  Around Cape Horn
  Sojourn at Hawaii
  Domain of King Tamehameha
  From Hawaii to the Columbia
  Founding of Astoria
  Ascending the Columbia
  Fort Astoria completed
  Desertion and pursuit
  Arrival of Overland party
  Trading and exploring activities
  War and confusion
  Fate of the Tonquin
  Surrender of Astoria
  Indian treachery and warfare
  Last winter on the Columbia
  Natural resources of the Columbia
  The native inhabitants
  War, matrimony, and religion
  Return to Canada
  On the Upper Colombia
  Crossing the Rocky Mountains
  Descending the Athabasca
  Down the Saskatchewan
  Lake Winnipeg and Rainy Lake
  Arrival at Fort William
  From Fort William to Montreal
  In retrospect
  Appendix: Errors of Washington Irving.