Flood Tide of Empire: Spain and the Pacific Northwest, 1543-1819
first edition
1973 · New Haven
by Cook, Warren L.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973 First edition. xiv, 620pp. 20 pages of illustrations providing 62 reproductions of old prints, paintings, maps, etc. Folding map in rear pocket. Appendices, extensive bibliography and index. Black cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. A vast and scholarly history of three centuries of Spanish exploration and attempted exploitation of the land between California and Alaska. The appendices include Lok's account of Fuca's voyage, 1592; the Nootka Conventions; balance sheet of the Spanish Sea Otter Trade, 1786-1797; Spanish vessels on the Northwest Coast, 1774-1797; nationality of vessels visiting the Northwest Coast, 1774-1820; and a genealogy of Spanish Bourbons.. (Inventory #: 7534)