Howay, Frederick W. (editor)

Voyages of the Columbia to the Northwest Coast 1787-1790 and 1790-1793

Amsterdam / New York Nico Israel / Da Capo 1969, Facsimile Reprint of 1941 Boston Edition. (Hardcover issued without dust jacket) 518pp. As new. Octavo (24 x 16.5 cm) with illustrations (including portraits and maps). Bound in blue cloth. Captains Kendrick and Gray were commissioned by a group of wealthy East Coast Merchants to lead the first American maritime expedition engaged in the fur trade between the N.W. Coast and China. In 1787 their ships, the Washington and and the Columbia, sailed from Boston. The venture promised commercial success until Captain Kendrick reneged on his contract, sold the Washington, and pocketed the money. The Columbia under Gray's command, returned to Boston in 1790, becoming the first vessel to carry the Stars and Stripes around the world. During the second voyage of the Columbia, begun in 1791, Captain Gray discovered and named the Columbia River. Howay's book is a compilation of essential primary sources dealing with these two voyages, including four journals, letters between the captains and their backers, and the remnant of the official log of the Columbia (May 7-21, 1792), which covers the discovery of the Columbia River. Series: Bibliotheca AustralianaE.S. I.

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