Notes

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
5. The ‘Backside of America’ 3
6. Nova Albion 13
7. The Strait of Anian and Other Northwest Passages 30
8. Sea Otter Pelts, Muscovites, and Mandarins 56
9. The Merchant Sea Traders 69
10. Meares and a Scheme of Empire 96
11. Botany Bay and Nootka Sound 104
12. Encroachments in the Spanish Lake 116
13. Impasse 127
14. A Voyage of Discovery 146
15. Westward the Course of Empire 171
16. Epilogue 192
17. Notes 201
18. Bibliography 237
19. Index 253