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Astoria : Astor and Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a tale of ambition and survival on the early American frontier
Author
Title
Astoria : Astor and Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a tale of ambition and survival on the early American frontier / Peter Stark.
ISBN
9780062218308
0062218301
Edition
First Ecco paperback edition.
Publication
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015.
Physical Description
xxiii, 370 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm
Notes
"With a new afterword"--Cover.
Summary
Documents the 1810 to 1813 expedition, financed by millionaire John Jacob Astor and encouraged by Thomas Jefferson, to establish Fort Astoria, a trading post on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest.
Variant and related titles
Astor and Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a tale of ambition and survival on the early American frontier
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 12, 2021
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-355) and index.
Contents
The launch
The journey
Pacific empire and war.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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