Pacifique

1923 · 63359 — Victoria B.C.: Archives of British Columbia Printed by William H. Cullin 1923. 8vo. xx 171 1 pp. With portrait numerous plates and two maps. Beige-coloured publisher’s cloth over beveled boards black lettering front cover & spine rough-cut fore-edge textblock as issued minor shelfwear rubbing slightly shaken very faint ex-lib markings on spine dustsoiling still G copy from the libraries of Dr. John C. Brougher 1901-1983 founder of Vancouver Clinic and famed obstetrician & gynecologist believed to have delivered over 10000 children in SW Washington during his years of practice and Clark County Historical Society Collections recently deaccessioned bookplates on front pastedown. First Archives of British Columbia edition drawing from the original journal kept by Archibald Menzies who served as naturalist on the Discovery in Vancouver’s famed voyage around the World from 1790-1794 and this specifically deals with his notes observations and naturalist explorations in the Puget Sound and Vancouver Island in 1792. This journal expands substantially on Prof. Meany’s “Vancouver’s Discovery of Puget Sound†includes specific tables and index of the thousands of specimens collected as well as including the expedition’s frequent encounters with the Northwest Coast Native American Indigenous Peoples. Archives of British Columbia, Printed by William H. Cullin, hardcover