قراءة كتاب Pioneers of the Pacific Coast A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters
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Pioneers of the Pacific Coast A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters
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The descent of the Fraser River, 1808. From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys.
PIONEERS OF THE
PACIFIC COAST
A Chronicle of Sea Rovers
and Fur Hunters
BY
AGNES C. LAUT
TORONTO
GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY
1915
Copyright in all Countries subscribing to
the Berne Convention
CONTENTS
| Page | ||
| I. | THE VOYAGE OF THE 'GOLDEN HIND' | 1 |
| II. | VITUS BERING ON THE PACIFIC | 11 |
| III. | THE OUTLAW HUNTERS | 30 |
| IV. | COOK AND VANCOUVER | 43 |
| V. | 'ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, FROM CANADA, BY LAND' | 71 |
| VI. | THE DESCENT OF THE FRASER RIVER | 86 |
| VII. | THOMPSON AND THE ASTORIANS | 99 |
| VIII. | THE PASSING OF THE FUR LORDS | 115 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE | 132 | |
| INDEX | 135 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| THE DESCENT OF THE FRASER RIVER, 1808 From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys. |
Frontispiece |
| ROUTES OF EXPLORERS ON THE PACIFIC COAST Map by Bartholomew. |
Facing page 44 |
| JAMES COOK From the portrait by Dance in the Gallery of Greenwich Hospital. |
" " 46 |
| THE LAUNCH OF THE 'NORTH-WEST AMERICA' AT NOOTKA SOUND, 1788 From Meares's 'Voyages.' |
" " 58 |
| CALLICUM AND MAQUINNA, CHIEFS OF NOOTKA SOUND From Meares's 'Voyages.' |
" " 68 |
| GEORGE VANCOUVER From a painting in the National Portrait Gallery, London. |
" " 70 |
| SIMON FRASER After the portrait in the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. |
" " 90 |
| JOHN M'LOUGHLIN Photographed by Savannah from an original painting. |
" " 116 |
| FORT VANCOUVER From a print in the John Ross Robertson Collection, Toronto Public Library. |
" " 118 |
| THE FORT OF THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, VICTORIA, B.C. From a photograph by Savannah. |
" " 128 |