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Author:

Blue, Rose.

Title:

Exploring the Pacific Northwest / Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden.

Publisher:

Raintree,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

64 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Northwest, Pacific--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--Northwest, Pacific--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Naden, Corinne J.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: who found it? -- Vitus Bering (1728, 1741): not one continent but two -- Alexander Mackenzie (1789, 1793): in the far Northwest -- George Vancouver (1791-94): mapping the coast -- Robert Gray (1792): a claim on Oregon -- Meriwether Lewis and William Clark: the great overland expedition (1804-06) -- Zebulon Pike: where does the river begin? (1805-06) -- Manuel Lisa: across the wide Missouri (1807) -- Peter Skene Ogden: tough man in the Northwest (1824-30) -- Epilogue: what did they find? -- Important dates in the exploration of the Pacific Northwest.

Series:

Exploring the Americas
Blue, Rose. Exploring the Americas.

ISBN:

9780739849507
0739849506

LCCN:

2002013354

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

JRPA532 -- Martelle Public Library and Historical Museum (Martelle) — J 975.9 Blu

AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola)