Overview

James Colnett, a veteran of James Cook’s second voyage toNorth America, was an early participant in the maritime sea ottertrade. Between 1786 and 1789 his two-vessel expedition traversed theNorthwest Coast from Prince William Sound to Vancouver Island andwintered on the Hawaiian Islands. Along the way, he and his crew hadsome remarkable encounters with Native peoples of the Northwest Coastand the Hawaiian Islands: they were the first Europeans to encounterthe Tsimshian and the southern Heiltsuk peoples as well as the first toland on the southern Queen Charlotte Islands. Colnett’s journal of this expedition is published here for thefirst time. Editor Robert Galois provides extensive annotations, alongwith an introductory essay addressing the geopolitical context of thevoyage and the intellectual background that shaped the writing of thejournal. Galois supplements Colnett’s writings with extracts froma second journal -- also previously unpublished -- by Andrew BraceyTaylor, third mate on one of the ships under Colnett’s command.Also included are illustrations from Colnett’s journals and avariety of maps, both contemporary and historical. This fascinating and informative account offers a new understandingof the early European presence in the Northwest and of Native responsesto these developments. It will interest historians, geographers, andethnographers of the Northwest Coast and beyond.

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Author:   Robert Galois
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Edition:   illustrated edition
Weight:   0.720kg
ISBN:  

9780774808552

ISBN 10:   0774808551
Pages:   456
Publication Date:   15 December 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Maps Abbreviations Acknowledgments   Introduction James Colnett Andrew Bracey Taylor Origins of Colnett’s Expedition Vessels and Personnel Voyage of the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal The Contact Process: The Northwest Coast and Hawaiian Islands Aftermath and Evaluation The Documents A Note on the Editing A Voyage to the North West Side of America: The Journals   Part 1: Departure and 1787 Season [Preparations and Departure from London] Route from England to St. Jago and Transactions there From Cape de Verde to Staten Land From Staten Land Round Cape Horn To the Equator From the Equator to Nootka Transactions at Nootka A Description of Nootka and its Inhabitants Transactions from Nootka to Leaving Port Brooks From Port Brooks to Charlotte Isles and Transactions there From Port St. James to Anchorage on the Eastern Shore Remarks from America to Owyhee   Part 2: 1788 Season Remarks at Owyhee and Other Sandwich Isles Rout from Oneehow to America Remarks from Prince William’s Sound to Foggy Harbour Remarks from Foggy Harbour to Cape Edgcombe Remarks from Cape Edgcombe to Leaving Charlotte Isles   Appendices 1 Route of the Princess Royal in 1788 2 Gitkxaala Contact Narratives 3 Place Names on the Northwest Coast: Colnett, Duncan, andJohnstone 4 Prince of Wales and Princess Royal Personnel 5 List of Illustrations Originally Appearing in Colnett'sJournal   Notes Bibliography Index

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This is a fine work of scholarship which gives access to a significant and valuable piece of literature about early European contact on the northwest coast. --Scientia Canadensis: Canadian journal for the history of science technology and medicine

Author Information

Robert M. Galois is an adjunct professor in theDepartment of Geography at the University of British Columbia and isthe author of Kwakwaka’wakw Settlements, 1775-1920: AGeographical Analysis and Gazetteer.

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