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Juan de Fuca's Strait : voyages in the waterway of forgotten dreams / Barry Gough.

Title
Juan de Fuca's Strait : voyages in the waterway of forgotten dreams / Barry Gough.
Author
Gough, Barry M.
Publication
Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing, ©2012.

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Description
287 p. : ill., maps, ports.; 24 cm.
Summary
A tale about the search for the fabled Northwest Passage by the explorers of Spain and Great Britain.
Subject
  • Navigation > History
  • Explorers > Spain > History
  • Explorers > Great Britain > History
  • Juan de Fuca, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.) > Discovery and exploration
  • Spain > History, Naval
  • Great Britain > History, Naval
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Naval history
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
A conversation in Venice -- Pirates on their beat -- Pursuing the legends, exploding the myths -- British merchant mariners on discovery -- Boston traders and the Strait, the links to China -- The Spanish press south from Nootka -- Alcalá Galiano and Valdés, the final quest for elusive passage -- Captain Vancouver and the Salish Sea -- Nootka Sound 1792.
ISBN
  • 9781550175738
  • 1550175734
LCCN
^^2012517378
OCLC
800039056
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library