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Astoria : John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a story of wealth, ambition, and survival / Peter Stark

By:

Stark, Peter, , 1954 -

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : HarperCollins Publishers , 2014Description: 366 p. : illus. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780062218292

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DDC classification:

978.02 STA

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Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	978.02 STA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		037237

Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-351) and index

The launch -- The journey -- Pacific Empire and war -- Fate of the Astorians.

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.

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