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Astoria : John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a story of wealth, ambition, and survival.

• Authors : Stark, Peter, 1954-

Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific; Voyages to the Pacific coast; Fur trade -- Columbia River Valley -- History -- 19th centuryAstoria (Or.) -- History; Northwest, Pacific -- Discovery and explorationTonquin (Ship); Pacific Fur Company...

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Morning of fire : John Kendrick's daring American odyssey in the Pacific.

• Authors : Ridley, Scott

Subjects: Voyages to the Pacific coast; Explorers -- United States -- Biography; Fur trade -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 18th centuryNorthwest Coast of North America -- Description and travel; Northwest, Pacific -- Description and travel; United States -- Relations -- SpainKendrick, John, approximately 1740-1794 -- Travel -- Northwest Coast of North America

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18TH-CENTURY PACIFIC VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY, "BIG SCIENCE", AND THE SHAPING OF AN EUROPEAN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CULTURE.

• Authors : Raj, Kapil

Subjects: VOYAGES to the Pacific coast; HISTORY of science; HISTORY of technologyEUROPE

• Source: History & Technology. Dec2000, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p79. 20p.

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Heading Out Again.

• Authors : Paravia, Marci

Subjects: VOYAGES to the Pacific coast; VOYAGES & travels; WEATHER vanes

• Source: Sail. Jun2010, Vol. 41 Issue 6, p26-28. 3p. 6 Color Photographs.

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Twice Lost.

• Authors : Kingston, W. H. G.

Subjects: VOYAGES to the Pacific coastTWICE Lost, The (Book)KINGSTON, W. H. G.

• Source: Twice Lost; 3/ 1/2008, p1-193, 193p

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The challenge.

• Authors : Whipple, A. B. C. (Addison Beecher Colvin), 1918-2013

Subjects: Voyages to the Pacific coast; Clipper ships -- History -- 19th centuryChallenge (Clipper)

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Around the Horn to the Sandwich Islands and California, 1845-1850, being a personal record kept by Chester S. Lyman.

• Authors : Lyman, Chester Smith, 1814-1890; Teggart, Frederick John, 1870-1946, editor

Subjects: Voyages to the Pacific coastHawaii -- Description and travel; California -- Description and travel

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Chapter 6: Licensed Curiosity: Cook's Pacific Voyages.

• Authors : THOMAS, NICHOLAS

Subjects: COLLECTORS & collecting; VOYAGES to the Pacific coast; ANTIQUITIESCULTURES of Collecting, The (Book)THOMAS, Nicholas; COOK, James, 1728-1779

• Source: Cultures of Collecting; 1994, p116-136, 21p, 6 Black and White Photographs

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The Adventures of Captain James Colnett RN.

• Authors : Burroughs, Walter

Subjects: SHIP captains; VOYAGES to the Pacific coast; SCIENTIFIC expeditionsUNITED KingdomCOLNETT, James, ca. 1755-1806; COOK, James, 1728-1779

• Source: Journal of Australian Naval History; Mar2010, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p53-64, 12p

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Deck and Port, Or, Incidents of a Cruise in the United States Frigate Congress to California

• Authors : Walter Colton

Subjects: Voyages to the Pacific coastBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State; HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)

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