Research Guides
Pacific Northwest Reference Collection: Exploration History
Exploration History
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Bibliotheca AustralianaCall Number: Special Collections PNW DU80 B52Publication Date: 1967-Facsimile reproductions of 42 voyages of Pacific exploration, covering over 400 years.
Used most informative or influential edition for reproduction purposes.
Kotzebue, Meares, la Perouse [text only, atlas in stacks], Vancouver, and Cook’s first voyage are on reference, rest in stacks -
Explorers' and Travellers' Journals Documenting Early Contacts with Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest, 1741-1900 byCall Number: Special Collections PNW Z1209.2.P32 B56 1982Publication Date: 1982Subjects: Indians of North America -- Northwest, Pacific -- Bibliography; Northwest, Pacific -- Discovery and exploration -- Bibliography
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The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery byCall Number: Special Collections PNW 979.511C A1bPublication Date: 1955Subjects: Voyages around the world; Oceania -- Discovery and exploration
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Search for the Northwest Passage: An Annotated Bibliography by
Call Number: Special Collections PNW Z6016.N67 D39 1986Publication Date: 1986Subjects: Northwest Passage -- Bibliography -
The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, and its Publications, 1844-1874; A Bibliography by
Call Number: Special Collections PNW 979.5 W65zAhPublication Date: 1942Subjects: United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) -- Bibliography -
Early Maritime Artists of the Pacific Northwest Coast, 1741-1841 byCall Number: Special Collections PNW NC87 .H46 1984Publication Date: 1984Subjects: Drawing -- 18th century; Drawing -- 19th century; Northwest Coast of North America -- In art; Scientific expeditions -- Northwest Coast of North America --
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A Voyage Round the World Performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788 by the Boussole And Astrolabe by
Call Number: Special Collections PNW DU80 .B52 no.27Publication Date: 1799Subjects: Astrolabe (Frigate); Boussole (Frigate); Voyages around the world -- Early works to 1800; Discoveries in geography -- Early works to 1800; Pacific Area -- Early works to 1800 -
Science and Exploration on the Northwest Coast of North America: 1542-1841 byCall Number: Special Collections PNW Z1251.P2 M35Publication Date: 1969Subjects: Northwest Coast of North America -- Discovery and exploration -- Bibliography; Northwest Coast of North America -- Bibliography
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Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789 from China to the North-West Coast of America byCall Number: Special Collections PNW DU80 .B52 no.22Publication Date: 1967Subjects: Indians of North America -- Pacific Coast; Northwest Coast of North America; Vancouver Island (B.C.); Pacific Ocean; Northwest Passage
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The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Call Number: Special Collections PNW F592.4 1983Publication Date: 1983Subjects: Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809; Clark, William, 1770-1838; Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806); West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; United States -- Discovery and exploration
Authoritative, scholarly edition of the Lewis and Clark expedition in 13 volumes; volume one is the Atlas -
Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands
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Call Number: Special Collections PNW DU19 .Q36 2005Publication Date: 2005Useful supplemental information, including a list of the Pacific Island and the first European visitors, chronological listing of discovery voyages to the Pacific from 1519 to 1876.
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A Country So Interesting: The Hudson's Bay Company and Two Centuries of Mapping, 1670-1870 by
Call Number: Special Collections PNW GA471 .R83 1991Publication Date: 1991Subjects: Hudson's Bay Company -- Maps; Hudson's Bay Company -- Map collections -- Catalogs; Hudson's Bay Company -- Maps -- Catalogs; Cartography -- Canada -- History; Canada -- Discovery and exploration -- British -
Spanish Voyages to the Northwest Coast of America in the Sixteenth Century by
Call Number: Special Collections PNW 979.511 W12sPublication Date: 1929Subjects: Pacific Coast (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish
Guide Information
This guide includes commonly-used reference material held in Special Collections. This guide is divided into subject areas. Please search the Library Catalog below for other key reference sources that may not be contained in this list.