Astoria
Subtitle: Astor and Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a tale of ambition and survival on the early American frontier
By: Peter Stark
Edition: First Ecco paperback edition.
Publisher: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780062218308
Subjects: Discovery and exploration; History
Other titles: Astor and Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a tale of ambition and survival on the early American frontier
Description: Documents the 1810 to 1813 expedition, financed by millionaire John Jacob Astor and encouraged by Thomas Jefferson, to establish Fort Astoria, a trading post on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest.
Notes: "With a new afterword"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-355) and index.
Table of contents: title: The launch; title: The journey; title: Pacific empire and war.