Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America, 1792

Author: Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0870624083

Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America, 1792: Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra and the Nootka Sound Controversy (Northwest Historical Series)

In 1792, Spanish naval officer and explorer Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra sailed from San Blas, Mexico, to Nootka Sound, on the west coast of present-day Vancouver Island. Get Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America, 1792 literature books for free.
For nearly three years, he had been immersed in the aftermath of the Nootka Crisis of 1789, a dispute between Britain and Spain over sovereignty in the North Pacific. He was journeying north as his government's commissioner to hand over Spanish-occupied territory at Nootka. This book offers the first published English translation of Bodega's journal, a remarkable account of his travels along the Northwest Coast of America, encounters with Native peoples-most notably, Chief Maquinna-and the friendship that developed between Bodega and his British coun Check Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America, 1792 our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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For nearly three years, he had been immersed in the aftermath of the Nootka Crisis of 1789, a dispute between Britain and Spain over sovereignty in the North Pacific This book offers the first published English translation of Bodega's journal, a remarkable account of his travels along the Northwest Coast of America, encounters with Native peoples-most notably, Chief Maquinna-and the friendship that developed between Bodega and his British coun

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