History Expeditions & Discoveries
A Voyage to the North West Side of America
The Journals of James Colnett, 1786-89
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2011
- Category
- Expeditions & Discoveries, NON-CLASSIFIABLE, Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774840019
- Publish Date
- Nov 2011
- List Price
- $42.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774808552
- Publish Date
- Dec 2003
- List Price
- $39.95
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Description
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 Galois supplements Colnett’s writings with extracts from a second journal -- also previously unpublished -- by Andrew Bracey Taylor, third mate on one of the ships under Colnett’s command.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.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Robert M. Galois is an adjunct professor in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia and is the author of Kwakwaka’wakw Settlements, 1775-1920: A Geographical Analysis and Gazetteer.