A Most Remarkable Enterprise: Lectures on the Northwest Coast Trade and Northwest Coast Indian Life

by Captain William; Malloy Sturgis

When the United States began to consider claiming territory to the Pacific Coast, Captain William Sturgis (1782-1863) had a unique perspective on the issue. As a mariner, he had circumnavigated the globe under sail four times and spent months trading with Northwest Coast Indians. As a merchant, he managed many of the vessels traveling to the Pacific in the first half of the nineteenth century, including the brig Pilgrim, on which Richard Henry Dana...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934400343
• ISBN13: 9781934400340
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Rock Village Publishing
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.