]] John Clarke''s first recorded ascents of peaks (in the Coast Mountains) located between Vancouver and Bella Coola. Peaks are colour-coded to indicate when Clarke first climbed them (green-1960s, blue-1970s, red-1980s, black-1990s). Clarke also made roughly 180 first ascents of peaks located north of Bella Coola and south of Dease Lake, which are not shown here. Excerpted from John Clarke: Explorer of the Coast Mountains]] by Lisa Baile (Map by Tim Wilson) Click here to buy the book Map of John Clarke''s Ascents (Exerpt from John Clarke )0100030101D502https://www.onixedit.com/MediaSpace/34940BC9-2147-4B91-8A15-51B7B17281E5/2018/466661f3-cc05-4585-b2c2-3a2ff8c553f0/9781550175837.jpg17202103182700030101D502https://www.onixedit.
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25in026.25in031.0in081.38lbCA0101Juan de Fuca''s StraitVoyages in the Waterway of Forgotten Dreams1A0101ONIXEDIT7205Barry GoughGough, BarryBarryGough Barry Gough is one of Canada''s premier historians and biographers. His insightful research and lucid writing spanning five decades have earned him high distinction. Among his awards are the Canadian Historical Association''s Clio Prize, the Maritime Foundation''s Mountbatten Award, the Washington Historical Society''s Robert Gray Medal, the Alcala Galiano Medal and the Keith Matthews Award. In 2022, he was awarded the Lieutenant Governor''s Medal for Historical Writing for Possessing Meares Island . He is a Fellow of the Society for the History of Discoveries.
He lives in Victoria, BC, with his wife, Marilyn. 07CA01eng002880340 B&W maps and illustrations10HIS05100010HIS03709020History;Expeditions; discoveries01010100CA0300 The search for the fabled Northwest Passage inspired explorers to seek out fame, adventure, knowledge and riches. Likewise, the empires of Spain and Great Britain were impelled by the hopes of finding a naval trade route that would connect Europe to Asia, thus securing their dominance over the other as an economic power. The story of the Northwest Passage is one of significant figures and great empires, jostling for a distant corner of North America. Gough provides meticulously researched insight, delving into diplomatic records, narratives of explorers and commercial aspirants, legal affidavits and court records to illuminate the journeys of Martin Frobisher, James Cook, Francis Drake, Manuel Quimper, José Mar�a Narv�ez, George Vancouver and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, among others. A sea venture tied up with piracy, political loyalty and betrayal, all bound up in a web of international intrigue, Juan de Fuca''s Strait is an indispensable contribution to the history of discovery on the Northwest Coast. From Chapter 8, "Captain Vancouver and the Salish Sea" "The enchantment experienced by the navigators grew as they entered farther into the strait. It was a wonderful world that had opened to them--of vast surroundings, spacious inland seas, numerous channels and islands of untold number.
From the mast tops or from the decks of the ships,the sailors gazed on magnificent forests and great mountains, some to the north (now known as the Cascades) and some inland from where they were. At sea level they were thousands of feet below the great Olympic range, with its own sentinel, named by Meares Mount Olympus. To the north, and in the immediate space that stretched out before them,lay the great slumbering strait connecting the Pacific and the Salish Sea. Native canoes there were, of that we are sure. No other sail was to be seen anywhere, no commercial traffic. It was an empty shipping lane. Across that body of water lay the continent, possibly (actually, as they were to learn after months of inquiry, it was a great island, later named Vancouver Island). What fantastic visions must have passed through the minds of the ships'' companies.
Thoughts of despair may also have crossed their minds:how were they to complete the exploration of this complex body of water and rock? What, indeed, were its secrets, and could these be unravelled? The challenges of command were daunting, and how was the whole to be arranged for this limitless exploration? Those who run George Vancouver down for his despotism fail to appreciate that this was no summer cruise among pleasant islands and lovely passages. He was answerable to the Admiralty and to King George III.".