num_pages: 226
description: This book traces the development of marine enterprise on the Pacific Coast from the time of the explorers to the present. It summarizes activity of the main segments of maritime industry and provides decadal data on the volume and value of local, coastal and foreign waterborne commerce. The Coast, Explorers and the Fur Trade; Settlement and Growth, 1850-1893; Oregon and Settlement and Growth, 1850-1893; Boom, Bust and War, 1894-1940; Oregon and Boom, Bust and War, 1894-1940; The Sea Change, 1941-1980; Oregon and The Sea Change, 1941-1980.
language: English
title: A Maritime History of the Pacific Coast, 1540-1980
titlecomplete: A Maritime History of the Pacific Coast, 1540-1980
publisher: University Press Of America