Vancouver: UBC Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Date: 1992. Hardcover. 0774803991 . 265 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in blue, paper-covered boards. Light wear to edges and corners. Text block edges have some soiling. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has crinkling at the spine ends, and light wear to edges and corners. The story of Britain's rise to pre-eminence along the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Eight pages of black and white photographs. . 1992. UBC Press ISBN 0774803991 9780774803991 [CA]

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: University of British Columbia Press, Date: 1992. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 265pp w endnotes, bibliography and index. [8pp] indexed plates. Dark blue cloth w crisp grey lettering. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ clean and without wear. Octavo. First published under the title Distant Dominion. From the Pacific Maritime Studies series. 1992. University of British Columbia Press ISBN 0774803991 9780774803991 [CA]

Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, Date: 1992. 265pp.No clipping, fading or inscriptions. 265, b/w illustrations. Scarce in the UK.. 1st edition. hard back. Fine/Fine. large 8vo. 1992. University of British Columbia Press ISBN 0774803991 9780774803991 [GB]

Vancouver, BC: UBC Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. Date: 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0774803991 . 265 pp. Illus. Index. Notes. Spine, corners bumped. Jacket has light edgewear. Describes how the British activities secured their claims to dominion and trade rights along North America's northwest coast. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . 1992. UBC Press ISBN 0774803991 9780774803991 [CA]

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Univ of British Columbia Pr, Date: 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. 8vo - over 7 in- 9 in Tall. Hard cover, dust jacket. Finr/ fine. Illustrated. 280 pages. The Canadian northwest coast, home to aboriginal peoples for thousands of years, became a player in British imperialism when Captain James Cook arrived at Nootka Sound in 1778. Cook's discovery of the sea-otter population along the coast initiated the maritime fur trade, which, in turn, led to feverish competition involving several nations (especially Britain, Russia, and the United States) as well as to the celebrated rivalry of Spain and Britain for Nootka. Britain's determination to push its commercial interests, coupled with its timely and adroit use of naval power, secured British claims to dominion and rights to trade along the northwest coast. By 1812, a toe-hold of the British empire was established and the aboriginal way of life was irrevocably shattered. Based on fresh researches into known manuscripts and printed works on Pacific trade and exploration, "The Northwest Coast" adds to existing knowledge of European exploration and discovery of the area. It documents the interaction, often violent, between British sailors and aboriginal people; it depicts many of the rivalries between mariners; it examines various claims to the discovery of the Northwest Passage; and its explains the changing motives of the British government when dealing with Spain's ...

Univ of British Columbia Pr. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Univ of British Columbia Pr ISBN 0774803991 9780774803991 [US]