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Astoria : Astor and Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a tale of ambition and survival on the early American frontier  Cover Image Book Book

Astoria : Astor and Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a tale of ambition and survival on the early American frontier / Peter Stark.

Stark, Peter, 1954- (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062218308
  • ISBN: 0062218301
  • Physical Description: xxiii, 370 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Ecco paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"With a new afterword"--Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-355) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The launch -- The journey -- Pacific empire and war.
Subject: Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
West (U.S.) > Discovery and exploration.
Northwest, Pacific > History.
Astoria (Or.) > History.
Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Discoveries in geography.
Oregon > Astoria.
Pacific Northwest.
West United States.
Genre: History.

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