At the Far Reaches of Empire: The Life of Juan Francisco de la Bodega Y Quadra (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780774813662)

Vendor: Freeman M. Tovell
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
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At the Far Reaches of Empire: The Life of Juan Francisco de la Bodega Y Quadra

$39.95

At the Far Reaches of Empire: The Life of Juan Francisco de la Bodega Y Quadra

$39.95
Format: Hardcover
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Capitán de Navío Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra was the most important Spanish naval officer on the Northwest Coast in the eighteenth century. Serving from 1774 to 1794, he participated in the search for the Northwest Passage and, with George Vancouver, endeavoured to forge a diplomatic resolution to the Nootka Sound controversy between Spain and Britain. Freeman Tovell's thorough and nuanced study presents this officer as a key figure in the history of the region. Bodega's accomplishments place him in the company of Bering, Cook, Vancouver, La Pérouse, and Malaspina - those who advanced a better understanding of the geography, ethnography, and natural history of the area.

Author: Freeman M. Tovell
ISBN-10: 0774813660
ISBN-13: 9780774813662
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Language: English
Published: 04/21/2008
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
By Freeman M. Tovell
By Freeman M. Tovell
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Freeman M. Tovell holds degrees in history from the University of Toronto and Harvard, and served in the Canadian Navy during World War II. He subsequently spent thirty-five years in the Canadian Foreign Service, including ambassadorships to Peru and Bolivia. He was for some years Foreign Service Visitor at the University of Victoria and has published numerous articles on Bodega y Quadra.

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