Vancouver's discovery of Puget Sound
Subtitle: portraits and biographies of the men honored in the naming of geographic features of northwestern America
By: by Edmond S. Means.
Publisher: Binfords & Mort
Published: 1942
Place of publication: Portland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Vancouver, George, -- 1757-1798; Puget Sound (Wash.); Northwest Coast of North America; Nootka Sound (B.C.)
Other titles: Northwest Collection.
Notes: Chapters 5-12 (p. 61-334) include a portion of Vancouver's journal, reprinted from v. 2 of his Voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and round the world, 2d edition, London, 1801.  The reprint "is designed to follow the explorer from the time he strikes the shore of the present state of Washington ... on into Puget Sound, and around Vancouver Island, and, finally, through the negotiations at Nootka."

Transferred; General Collection; November 2004.