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

Author(s)

• Stark, Peter

Bibliographic Information

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

Peter Stark

Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, c2014

Other Title

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

Note

Bibliography: p. [346]-351

Includes index

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

Details

• NCID: BB19933379
• ISBN:
  • 9780062218292
• LCCN: 2014469090
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 366 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : F884.A8
  • DC23 : 978/.02
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848
  • LCSH : Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
  • LCSH : West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration
  • LCSH : Northwest, Pacific -- History
  • LCSH : Astoria (Or.) -- History