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Author : Esteban José Martínez
Publisher : Bancroft Library, University
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Esteban José Martínez written by Esteban José Martínez and published by Bancroft Library, University. This book was released on 2002 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robin Fisher
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774844558
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Download or read book From Maps to Metaphors written by Robin Fisher and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the summers of 1792-94, George Vancouver and the crew of the British naval ships Discovery and Chatham mapped the northwest coast of North America from Baja California to Alaska. Taking the art and technique of distant voyaging to a new level, Vancouver eliminated the possibility of a northwest passage and his remarkably precise surveys completed the outline of the Pacific. But to map an area is to appropriate it � to begin to bring it under control � and Vancouver's charts of the northwest coast were part of a process of economic exploitation and cultural disruption. The chapters in this illuminating book are written from a variety of perspectives and provide new insights on many aspects of Vancouver's voyages, from the technology employed to the complex political and power relationships among European explorers and the Native leadership.
Author : Dennis Reinhartz
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292774419
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Mapping and Empire written by Dennis Reinhartz and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the sixteenth through the mid-nineteenth centuries, Spain, then Mexico, and finally the United States took ownership of the land from the Gulf Coast of Texas and Mexico to the Pacific Coast of Alta and Baja California—today's American Southwest. Each country faced the challenge of holding on to territory that was poorly known and sparsely settled, and each responded by sending out military mapping expeditions to set boundaries and chart topographical features. All three countries recognized that turning terra incognita into clearly delineated political units was a key step in empire building, as vital to their national interest as the activities of the missionaries, civilian officials, settlers, and adventurers who followed in the footsteps of the soldier-engineers. With essays by eight leading historians, this book offers the most current and comprehensive overview of the processes by which Spanish, Mexican, and U.S. soldier-engineers mapped the southwestern frontier, as well as the local and even geopolitical consequences of their mapping. Three essays focus on Spanish efforts to map the Gulf and Pacific Coasts, to chart the inland Southwest, and to define and defend its boundaries against English, French, Russian, and American incursions. Subsequent essays investigate the role that mapping played both in Mexico's attempts to maintain control of its northern territory and in the United States' push to expand its political boundary to the Pacific Ocean. The concluding essay draws connections between mapping in the Southwest and the geopolitical history of the Americas and Europe.
Author : Roderick Sprague
Publisher : Northwest Anthropology
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Northwest Anthropological Research Notes written by Roderick Sprague and published by Northwest Anthropology. This book was released on with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Reprint Edition of the Entire Davidson Journal of Anthropology, 1955, 1956, & 1957
Author : David Arias
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 141204717X
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Spanish-Americans/Lives and Faces written by David Arias and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the United States is made by many extraordinary individuals who gave significat contributions to this country. Many of them are of Hispanic origin and their achievements have not been exposed to the general public. Spanish-Americans highlights the deeds of many Hispanic figures who have made significant accomplishments in this land before it became independent and after its independence. Among them, the reader will find explorers, scholars, mossionaries, sailors, politicians, sciientist, artists, athletes, etc. Each biography gives hte background of each person, the main achievement and other important aspects of the individual's life. As one reads eack fascinating biography, one can glance at the picture of the person, giving the feeling of his (or her) presence. Spanish-Americans provides an additional one hundred profiles of other extraordinary individuals who merit being remembered for their achievements. Abundant historical sources and related bibliography are provided, accompanied by an alphbetical list of names.
Author : Jennifer Crump
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1770705708
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Canada Under Attack written by Jennifer Crump and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2010-07-26 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canadians have been celebrated participants in numerous conflicts on foreign soil, but most Canadians arent aware that theyve also had to defend themselves many times at home. From U.S. General Benedict Arnolds covetous attempts to declare Canada the 14th colony during the American Revolution to the German U-boat battles in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the Second World War, Canada has successfully defended itself against all invaders. Jennifer Crump brings to life the battles fought by Canadians to ensure the countrys independence, from the almost ludicrous Pork n Beans War to the deadly War of 1812. She reveals the complex American and German plans to invade and conquer Canada, including the nearly 100-page blueprint for invading Canada commissioned by the U.S. government in 1935 a scheme that remains current today!
Author : Stephen R. Bown
Publisher : D & M Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1926685717
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (266 download)
Download or read book Madness, Betrayal and the Lash written by Stephen R. Bown and published by D & M Publishers. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1792 to 1795, George Vancouver sailed the Pacific as the captain of his own expedition — and as an agent of imperial ambition. To map a place is to control it, and Britain had its eyes on America's Pacific coast. And map it Vancouver did. His voyage was one of history’s greatest feats of maritime daring, discovery, and diplomacy, and his marine survey of Hawaii and the Pacific coast was at its time the most comprehensive ever undertaken. But just two years after returning to Britain, the 40-year-old Vancouver, hounded by critics, shamed by public humiliation at the fists of an aristocratic sailor he had flogged, and blacklisted because of a perceived failure to follow the Admiralty’s directives, died in poverty, nearly forgotten. In this riveting and perceptive biography, historian Stephen Bown delves into the events that destroyed Vancouver’s reputation and restores his position as one of the greatest explorers of the Age of Discovery.
Author : Geographical Society of the Pacific
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Transactions and Proceedings of the Geographical Society of the Pacific written by Geographical Society of the Pacific and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Davidson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Discovery of San Francisco Bay written by George Davidson and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Davidson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Four Papers on the Historical Geography of the Pacific Coast of America written by George Davidson and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : MOZINO JOSE MARIANO
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 9780295803869
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Noticias de Nutka written by MOZINO JOSE MARIANO and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, long out of print, is now reissued in a new edition with the approval and support of the hereditary chiefs and elders of the Mowachaht, one of the Nuu-chah-nulth tribes. Included are Mozino's catalog of flora and fauna, his dictionary of the Nootka language, and reproductions of the drawings made by Atanasio Echeverria, the artists who accompanied the expedition.
Author : Richard Ravalli
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496225007
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)
Download or read book Sea Otters written by Richard Ravalli and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of sea otters in a Pacific World context and an exploration of how this iconic sea mammal once defined the world’s largest oceanscape.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)
Download or read book Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Alexander Robertson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
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Download or read book List of Documents in Spanish Archives Relating to the History of the United States written by James Alexander Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The two lists contained in this volume concern the history of the territory included within the boundaries of the present continental United States."--page v.
Author : Barry Gough
Publisher : Harbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1550176536
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Voyages in the Waterway of Forgotten Dreams written by Barry Gough and published by Harbour Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tale begins in sixteenth-century Venice, when explorer Juan de Fuca encountered English merchant Michael Lok and relayed a fantastic story of a marine passageway that connected the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. This tale would be the catalyst for centuries of dreaming, and exacerbate English and Spanish rivalry. The search for the fabled Northwest Passage inspired explorers to seek out fame, adventure, knowledge and riches. Likewise, the empires of Spain and Great Britain were impelled by the hopes of finding a naval trade route that would connect Europe to Asia, thus securing their dominance over the other as an economic power. The story of the Northwest Passage is one of significant figures and great empires, jostling for a distant corner of North America. Gough provides meticulously researched insight, delving into diplomatic records, narratives of explorers and commercial aspirants, legal affidavits and court records to illuminate the journeys of Martin Frobisher, James Cook, Francis Drake, Manuel Quimper, José María Narváez, George Vancouver and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, among others. A sea venture tied up with piracy, political loyalty and betrayal, all bound up in a web of international intrigue, Juan de Fuca’s Strait is an indispensable contribution to the history of discovery on the Northwest Coast.
Author : Freeman M. Tovell
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774858362
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Download or read book At the Far Reaches of Empire written by Freeman M. Tovell and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capitán de Navío Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra was the most important Spanish naval officer on the Northwest Coast in the eighteenth century. Serving from 1774 to 1794, he participated in the search for the Northwest Passage and, with George Vancouver, endeavoured to forge a diplomatic resolution to the Nootka Sound controversy between Spain and Britain. Freeman Tovell’s thorough and nuanced study presents this officer as a key figure in the history of the region. Bodega's accomplishments place him in the company of Bering, Cook, Vancouver, La Pérouse, and Malaspina – those who advanced a better understanding of the geography, ethnography, and natural history of the area.
Author : Barry Gough
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 077484423X
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Download or read book Distant Dominion written by Barry Gough and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The voyages of Cook and Vancouver heralded a vast influx of irrepressible white men.... They brought with them their morals, ideologies, knowledge, technology, plants and animals. They also brought diseases, rum and guns....powers to build and powers to destroy." Until the 1700's, the Northwest Coast of North America stood largely apart from the civilized world. Formidable mountain barriers and remoteness from Atlantic sea lanes kept the territory outside the orbit of emerging European empires. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, however, Britain, Spain, France, Russsia, and the United States vied for control of this promising new frontier. Three of history's greatest mariners -- Sir Francis Drake, Captain James Cook, and Captain George Vancouver -- spearheaded British expeditions of discovery and trade to the Northwest coast. Despite competition from her European and American rivals, Britains ability to use and control the sea enabled her to establish by the late 1700's a "beachhead of empire" in the area now known as British Columbia.Gough shows how, by outmanoevring her Spanish rivals in a "skilful game of diplomatic chess," Britain concluded the Nootka Agreement. Thus she was able to exploit her trading partnership with the coast Indians and cement a lucrative sea-borne commerce with the Far East. The arrival overland of the Nor'westers and other fur-trading groups further strengthened Britain's financial and political interests in the area -- ending forever the isolation of Northwest America, and 'changing beyond measure the culture of its Indian peoples.' Distant Dominion is the first comprehensive survey to examine Britain's motives for expeditions to this most distant frontier of British maritime development. It is also the first to draw the history of the coast into the general realm of Pacific history, relating its development to events in Europe, the American eastern seaboard, Australia, the Falkland Islands, and China. This entertaining book offers fresh insight into an exciting chapter of North American history.
