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Author Meany, Edmond S. (Edmond Stephen), 1862-1935.

Title Vancouver's discovery of Puget Sound; portraits and biographies of the men honored in the naming of geographic features of northwestern America / by Edmond S. Means.

Publication Info. New York : Macmillan Co.; London, Macmillan & Co.,. 1907.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  979 MEA    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note Chapters 5-12 (p. 60-334) include a portion of Vancouver's journal, reprinted from v. 2 of his Voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and round the world: 2d edition. London, 1801. The reprint "is designed to follow aht explorer from the time he strikes the shore of the present state of Washington ... on into Puget Sound, and around Vancouver Island, and, finally, through the negotiations at Nootka."
Available online through the Washington State Library Internet website on the Classics in Washington History page <http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/publications.aspx>
Subject Vancouver, George, 1757-1798.
Puget Sound (Wash.)
Northwest Coast of North America.
Nootka Sound (B.C.)
Added Author Washington State Library. Classics in Washington History.
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