A voyage to the north west side of America : the journals of James Colnett, 1786-89 / edited by Robert Galois.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colnett, James, 1755?-1806.

Contributor:

Galois, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Explorers--Northwest Coast of North America--Diaries.

Explorers.

Explorers--Great Britain--Diaries.

Indians of North America--First contact with other peoples--British Columbia--Pacific Coast.

Indians of North America.

Northwest Coast of North America--Discovery and exploration--British.

Northwest Coast of North America.

Pacific Coast (B.C.)--Discovery and exploration--British.

Pacific Coast (B.C.).

Northwest Coast of North America--Description and travel.

Pacific Coast (B.C.)--Description and travel.

Colnett, James, 1755?-1806--Diaries.

Colnett, James.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

James Colnett, a veteran of James Cook's second voyage to North America, was an early participant in the maritime sea otter trade. Between 1786 and 1789 his two-vessel expedition traversed the Northwest Coast from Prince William Sound to Vancouver Island and wintered on the Hawaiian Islands. Along the way, he and his crew had some remarkable encounters with Native peoples of the Northwest Coast and the Hawaiian Islands: they were the first Europeans to encounter the Tsimshian and the southern Heiltsuk peoples as well as the first to land on the southern Queen Charlotte Islands. Colnett's journal of this expedition is published here for the first time. Editor Robert Galois provides extensive annotations, along with an introductory essay addressing the geopolitical context of the voyage and the intellectual background that shaped the writing of the journal. Galois supplements Colnett's writings with extracts from a second journal -- also previously unpublished -- by Andrew Bracey Taylor, third mate on one of the ships under Colnett's command. Also included are illustrations from Colnett's journals and a variety of maps, both contemporary and historical. This fascinating and informative account offers a new understanding of the early European presence in the Northwest and of Native responses to these developments. It will interest historians, geographers, and ethnographers of the Northwest Coast and beyond.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Maps

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Departure and 1787 Season

1788 Season

Appendices

Route of the Princess Royal in 1788

Gitḵxaała Contact Narratives

Place Names on the Northwest Coast: Colnett, Duncan, and Johnstone

Prince of Wales and Princess Royal Personnel

List of Illustrations Originally Appearing in Colnett's Journal

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [406]-428) and index.

ISBN:

9786613330666

9781283330664

1283330660

9780774851961

0774851961

OCLC:

75972813