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Chronicles of Canada Volume 22 - Pioneers of the Pacific Coast: A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters |
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This, volume 22 of the Chronicles of Canada series, describes the exploration of the Canadian Pacific coast, British Columbia, and Alaska. It includes accounts of Bering, Cook, Vancouver, Mackenzie, Fraser, and Thompson.
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
{v} 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
{vii} ILLUSTRATIONS
THE DESCENT OF THE FRASER RIVER, 1808 Frontispiece
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