Astoria : John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a story of wealth, ambition, and survival / Peter Stark.
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TextPublisher: New York,NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2014]Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], 2014Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 366 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- General
- 9780062218292
- Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Tonquin (Ship)
- Pacific Fur Company
- Tonquin (Ship)
- Pacific Fur Company
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Voyages to the Pacific coast
- Fur trade -- Columbia River Valley -- History -- 19th century
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Fur trade -- Columbia River Valley -- History
- Astoria (Or.) -- History
- Northwest, Pacific -- Discovery and exploration
- Astoria (Or.) -- History
- Pacific Northwest -- Exploration
- 979.5/46 23
- 979.5 15
- F884.A5 S73 2014
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-351) and index.
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.
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