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The young clerk recounts life and manners in the areas where he lived and worked: the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, Russian Alaska, and Spanish dominions in California and Mexico.
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Astorian Adventure : The Journal of Alfred Seton, 1811-1815
author
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Seton, Alfred.; Jones, Robert Francis
publisher
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Fordham University Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0823215032
print isbn13
:
9780823215034
ebook isbn13
:
9780585125640
language
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English
subject
Astoria (Or.)--History, Fur trade--Northwest, Pacific--History, Northwest, Pacific--Description and travel, Northwest, Pacific--History, Hawaii--Description and travel, Seton, Alfred,--1793-1859--Diaries.
publication date
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1993
lcc
:
F884.A8S48 1993eb
ddc
:
979.5/46
subject
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Astoria (Or.)--History, Fur trade--Northwest, Pacific--History, Northwest, Pacific--Description and travel, Northwest, Pacific--History, Hawaii--Description and travel, Seton, Alfred,--1793-1859--Diaries.
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Astorian Adventure
The Journal of Alfred Seton 1811-1815
edited by Robert F. Jones
Fordham University Press New York 1993
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Copyright 1993 by Fordham University Press All rights reserved LC 93-2067 ISBN 0-8232-1503-2 (clothbound)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Seton, Alfred, 1793-1859 Astorian Adventure: the journal of Alfred Seton, 1811-1815/edited by Robert F. Jones. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 0-8232-1503-2 (cloth): $25.00 1. Astoria (Or.)History. 2. Fur TradeNorthwest, Pacific History. 3. Northwest, Pacific, Description and travel. 4. Northwest, PacificHistory. 5. HawaiiDescription and travel. 6. Seton, Alfred, 1793-1859Diaries. I. Jones, Robert Francis, 1935-. II. Title. F884.A8S48 1993 979.5'46dc2093-2067 CIP
Printed in the United States of America
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For Ann and Chris, Rob, Ken and Kathy, Tim, and Bill helpers always
Page vii
Contents
List of Illustrations
ix
Introduction
1
Editorial Procedures & Guidelines
25
1. The Voyage Out
27
2. Hawaiian Stopover
65
3. Astoria, 9 May 1812-25 August 1813
87
4. Astoria, 26 August 1813-26 March 1814
119
5. Alaska, California, and the Return Home
153
Appendix A
181
Appendix B
201
Bibliography
209
Index
215
Illustrations following page 86.
Page ix
List of Illustrations
John Jacob Astor, by Gilbert Stuart. Oil, 29 x 24". Private collection. Courtesy of the Frick Art Reference Library. Negative number 362.
Opening page of the log of the Beaver (1817 copy). Force Papers, Library of Congress.
Opening page of Seton's journal. Courtesy of Rockefeller Archives, Pocantico Hills, New York.
The Beaver, by Isaac Power, 1840. Watercolor on paper, 18 25". Photography by Ozzie Sweet. Private collection.
The Hawaiian scene and people, watercolors by a Russian visitor, Louis Choris, 1816. Courtesy of Honolulu Academy of Arts. Gift of Honolulu Art Society, 1944.
L'Interieur d'une Maison d'un chef aux Iles Sandwich. Watercolor on paper, 10 7".
Tammeamea, Roi des Iles Sandwich (Kamehameha I). Watercolor on paper, 3 5'.
Port d'Honarourou, sur l'Ile de Vahou (Iles Sandwich). Watercolor and graphite on paper. 6 1/8 17".
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