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The Nootka Connection Europe and the Northwest Coast 1790 1795 [Buy it!] | Pethick Derek | USD 59.95 (Fri May 17 19:18:57 2024) | Biblio | RareNonFiction.com | Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, Date: 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 281 pages including notes, bibliography and index. Black and white illustrations. Explains the far-ranging factors bearing on the Nootka stage: European War, the Russian presence in the northern Pacific, the onset of Spain's waning fortunes, America's thrust west, the British East India and South Sea trading monopolies, and the steady advance of coastal charting by explorers like George Vancouver. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket. A sound copy.. 1980. Douglas & McIntyre ISBN 0888942796 9780888942791 [CA] |