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In 1842, When Explorer James Douglas Encountered The Rugged Natural Paradise That Would Become Vancouver Island, He Described It As A Perfect Eden. This Book Gathers The Early Recorded Histories And Personal Accounts Left By Chinese Seafarers, Spanish And British Naval Officers, Traders Seeking Sea Otter Pelts, Colonial Surveyors, As Well As Soldiers, Settlers, And Other Adventurers, Starting From Many Centuries Ago Up To 1858. Collected Here In Detail For The First Time, These Accounts Create A Multilayered Tale Of Discovery And Exploration.-- Three Puzzling Voyages : The Mystic, The Raider, And The Old Salt -- First Confirmed Encounters : Pérez And Cook Chance Upon Nootka -- Spaniards Take Possession Of Nuca -- Malaspina's Expedition Arrives And Explores : The Corbetas And The Goletas -- The Island Of Quadra And Vancouver -- A Convenient Situation For An Establishment -- Fort Victoria : Early Visitors' Impressions -- The New Colony Is Proclaimed And Exploration Begins -- Explorations North To Comox And Across To Alberni -- Mesachie, The Haunted Forest : Pemberton And Gooch In The Cowichan Valley -- The New Districts -- A Most Eligible And Handsome Locality : Alberni Colonized --

Author

Layland, Michael , 1938- (author.)

Publisher

Victoria, BC: TouchWood Editions

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781771511773

Subjects

History, Travel, Humanities

Rating

5 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14