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Peel 80

Franchère, Gabriel (1786-1863) [info]; Bibaud, Michel (1782-1857) (editor) [info]; Huntington, Jedediah Vincent (1815-1862) (translator and editor) [info]. Narrative of a voyage to the north-west coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814, or, the first American settlement on the Pacific. New York: Redfield, 1854.
Physical description: 376, [8] p., illus.; 19 cm.
Language: English
Also published, 2nd edition, New York: Redfield, 1854 (376p.). This is said to have provided the foundation for Washington Irving's Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains . This English version was also published as Franchère's narrative of a voyage to the northwest coast , in volume 6 of Reuben G. Thwaites' Early western travels, 1748-1846 series, Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1904 ([167]-410p.), reprinted, New York: AMS Press, 1966 ([167]-410p.). Also published as A voyage to the northwest coast of America , edited by Milo Milton Quaife, Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1954 (liii, 318, [3]p.), reprinted, New York: Citadel Press, 1968 (liii, 318p.); as Adventure at Astoria, 1810-1814 , translated and edited by Hoyt C. Franchère, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967 (xxix, 190p.); as Journal of a voyage on the north west coast of North America: During the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 , translated by Wessie Tipping Lamb, edited by W. Kaye Lamb, Toronto: Champlain Society, 1969 (ix, 330, xixp.). For French version see Peel 81.
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