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Cover image for Vancouver's discovery of Puget Sound : portraits and biographies of the men honored in the naming of geographic features of Northwestern America

Vancouver's discovery of Puget Sound : portraits and biographies of the men honored in the naming of geographic features of Northwestern America

Meany, Edmond S. (Edmond Stephen), 1862-1935

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910.9 MEA

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SD_ILS:62262

The voyage of the Sutil and Mexicana, 1792 : the last Spanish exploration of the Northwest Coast of America

Espinosa y Tello, Josef, 1763-1815.

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917.95042 ESP

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SD_ILS:51037

Written in the waters : a memoir of history, home, and belonging

Roberts, Tara, author.

Publication Date

2025

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Books

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920.573 ROB

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SD_ILS:796473

The wide wide sea [CD]: imperial ambition, first contact, and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook

Sides, Hampton, author.

Publication Date

2024

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CDs

Call Number

910.92 SID

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SD_ILS:712466

The wide wide sea : imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook

Sides, Hampton, author.

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2024

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Books

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910.92 SID

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SD_ILS:704725

The wide wide sea [large print] : imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook

Sides, Hampton, author.

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2024

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910.92 SID

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SD_ILS:704460

Westviking : the ancient Norse in Greenland and North America

Mowat, Farley, author.

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2024

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970.013 MOW

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SD_ILS:718240

Earthdivers. Volume one, Kill Columbus

Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972- author.

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2023

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JON

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SD_ILS:702911

Galena Bay odyssey : reflections of a hippie homesteader

Schwartz, Ellen, 1949- author.

Publication Date

2023

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971.162 SCH

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SD_ILS:683454

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Labyrinth of ice : the triumphant and tragic greely polar expedition [DAISY talking book]

Levy, Buddy, 1960- author.

Publication Date

2020

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Digital

Call Number

910.916327 LEV

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SD_ILS:622687

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Heart of the coast : biodiversity and resilience on the Pacific edge

Bridge, Tyee, author.

Publication Date

2020

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577.51097 BRI

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SD_ILS:658475

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Labyrinth of ice : the triumphant and tragic Greely polar expedition

Levy, Buddy, 1960- author.

Publication Date

2019

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SD_ILS:507859

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Northwest Coast of North America -- Discovery and exploration.

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Northwest, Pacific -- Discovery and exploration

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Northwest Coast of North America -- Discovery and exploration

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Northwest Coast of North America -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- American.

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Northwest Coast of North America -- Discovery and exploration -- British

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Vancouver, George, 1757-1798.

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Indigenous peoples -- Northwest Coast of North America.

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Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel.

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Northwest Coast of North America -- Description and travel.

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Voyages around the world

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America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.

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Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Death and burial.

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Explorers -- Spain -- Biography.

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Malaspina, Alessandro, 1754-1809 -- Travel -- Northwest Coast of North America.

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Northwest Coast of North America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish

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Northwest, Pacific -- Discovery and exploration.

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Pacific Area -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

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Pacific Coast (B.C.) -- Discovery and exploration.

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Pacific Coast (North America) -- Discovery and exploration.

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Scientific expeditions -- History -- 18th century.

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Spaniards -- Northwest Coast of North America -- History -- 18th century.

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Vancouver, George, 1757-1798 -- Travel -- Northwest Coast of North America.

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Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century.

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America -- Discovery and exploration -- Norse.

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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British

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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

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British Columbia -- Discovery and exploration.

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British Columbia -- History

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Chatham (Ship)

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Discovery (Ship)

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Drake, Francis, 1540?-1596 -- Travel -- Northwest Coast of North America.

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Explorers -- England -- Biography.

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Explorers -- Spain

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Fur trade -- Northwest, Pacific

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Fur-trade -- Northwest Coast of North America

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Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington), 1844-1935.

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Indigenous captivities

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Indigenous peoples -- First contact with other peoples -- North America

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Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881-1884)

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Malaspina, Alessandro, 1754-1809.

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Mexicana (Ship).

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Narváez, José, b. 1768?

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Nootka Sound (B.C.) -- Discovery and exploration.

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North America -- Discovery and exploration

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North America -- Discovery and exploration.

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Northeast Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

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Northwest Coast of North America -- Description and travel

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Northwest Coast of North America -- History

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Northwest Coast of North America -- History -- 18th century.

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Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

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Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration.

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Northwest Passage.

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Northwest, Canadian -- Discovery and exploration

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Northwest, Pacific -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish

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Oceania -- Discovery and exploration

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Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

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Oceania -- Discovery and exploration.

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Overland journeys to the Pacific

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Pacific Coast (North America) -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

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Puget Sound (Wash.) -- Discovery and exploration.

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Suría, Tomás de, b. 1761.

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Sutil (Ship).

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Vancouver, George, 1757-1798

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Voyages and travels.

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Voyages around the world.

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African American explorers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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African American explorers -- Biography.

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African American women journalists -- Biography.

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Alaska -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian

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Alcalá-Galiano, Dionisio, 1760-1805 -- Travel -- Northwest Coast of North America

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Alcalá-Galiano, Dionisio, 1760-1805 -- Travel -- Northwest Coast of North America.

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Aleutian Islands (Alaska) -- History

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America -- Colonization -- History.

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America -- Description and travel.

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America -- Discovery and exploration -- British

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America -- Discovery and exploration -- Centennial celebrations, etc.

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America -- Discovery and exploration -- English

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America -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps

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America -- Discovery and exploration -- Pre-Columbian -- Miscellanea -- Guidebooks.

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America -- Discovery and exploration.

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America -- Ethnic relations -- History.

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Americans -- British Columbia -- Kootenay Region -- Biography.

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Archaeologists -- Norway -- Biography.

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Archaeology and history -- North America.

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Arctic Expedition (1875-1876)

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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- American

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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- American -- Juvenile literature.

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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian

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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.

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Argonaut (Ship)

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Argonaut (Ship).

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Assassination -- Comic books, strips, etc.

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Astoria (Or.) -- History

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Audiobooks.

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Baker, Joseph.

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Biodiversity -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast.

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Biographies.

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Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- Discovery and exploration.

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Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- Gold discoveries.

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Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- History -- 19th century.

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Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794 -- Diaries.

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Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794 -- Travel -- British Columbia -- Nootka Sound.

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Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794 -- Travel -- Northwest Coast of North America.

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Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794 -- Travel -- Pacific Coast (North America)

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Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794.

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Borup, George, 1885-1912.

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Botany -- British Columbia.

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Boyd, Louise Arner, 1887-1972.

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British Columbia -- Antiquities

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British Columbia -- Bibliography

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British Columbia -- Discovery and exploration

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British Columbia -- History -- To 1849

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British North American Exploring Expedition (1857-1860)

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Cabot, John, d. 1498?

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Cabot, John, d. 1498? -- Anniversaries.

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Calamity Bay (B.C.) -- Navigation -- History.

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California -- Discovery and exploration

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Canada -- Description and travel -- To 1763

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Canada -- Discovery and exploration

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Canada -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps

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Canada -- Exploring expeditions

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Canada -- Historical geography -- Maps

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Canada, Eastern -- Description and travel

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Chatham (Ship).

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China -- Commerce -- United States.

(1)

Cibola, Seven Cities of.

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City of Victoria Butler Book Prize (2004) -- Nominee.

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Clerke, Charles, 1741-1779.

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Coastal biodiversity -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast.

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Coastal ecology -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast.

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Colnett, James, 1755?-1806 -- Diaries

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Colnett, James, 1755?-1806.

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Columbia River -- Description and travel

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Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.) -- History

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Columbus, Christopher -- Comic books, strips, etc.

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Comics (Graphic works)

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Communal living -- British Columbia -- Kootenay Region.

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Community archaeology -- United States.

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Continental shelf -- Arctic regions.

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Continental shelf -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.

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Cook, James, 1728-1779

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Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Diaries

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Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel

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Cook, James, 1728-1779.

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Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917)

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Culture conflict -- America -- History.

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Curiosities and wonders -- United States -- Guidebooks.

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Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 -- Travel -- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)

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De Long, George W. (George Washington), 1844-1881 -- Juvenile literature.

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Discoveries in geography -- History.

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Discoveries in geography -- Juvenile literature.

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Discoveries in geography -- Maps.

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Discovery (Ship : Launched 1789)

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Discovery (Ship : Launched 1789).

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Drake, Francis, 1540?-1596 -- Travel.

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Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596

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Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596 -- Travel -- Northwest Coast of North America.

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Ecology -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast.

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Eliza (Ship).

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Erebus (Ship)

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Esquimalt (B.C.) -- Biography

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Europe -- Colonies -- America.

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Europe -- Colonies -- History.

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Europeans -- America -- History.

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Europeans -- North America -- History.

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Explorers

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Explorers -- America -- Biography.

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Explorers -- Canada -- Biography

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Explorers -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Explorers -- Canada -- Biography.

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Explorers -- England -- Diaries

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Explorers -- France.

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Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.

(1)

Explorers -- Great Britain.

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Explorers -- History.

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Explorers -- Northwest Coast of North America -- Biography -- Dictionaries.

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Explorers -- Northwest Coast of North America -- Biography.

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Explorers -- Northwest Coast of North America -- History

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Explorers -- Northwest Coast of North America -- History -- 18th century.

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Explorers -- Northwest Coast of North America -- History.

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Explorers -- Northwest, Canadian -- Biography.

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Explorers -- Norway -- Biography.

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Explorers -- Pacific Coast (North America) -- Biography.

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Explorers -- Spain -- History -- 18th century.

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Explorers -- Spain -- History.

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Explorers -- United States -- Biography

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Explorers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Explorers -- United States -- Biography.

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Explorers -- Washington State -- Biography.

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Wagner, Henry Raup, 1862-1957

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Inglis, Robin, 1942-

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Sides, Hampton, author.

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Levy, Buddy, 1960- author.

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Suría, Tomás de, b. 1761.

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Tovell, Freeman.

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Vancouver, George, 1757-1798.

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90th Parallel Film & Television Productions, production company.

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American Historical Association.

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Appleton, Paul C. (Paul Campbell), 1930-2006

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Arctic Institute of North America.

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Armstrong, Hugh, 1946-

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Avery, Tom, 1975-

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Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918

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Beaglehole, J. C. (John Cawte)

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Bedesky, Baron.

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Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.

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Bishop, R. P.

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Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794.

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Bridge, Tyee, author.

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Brown, Robert

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Burpee, Lawrence Johnstone.

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

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Channel Four (Great Britain), production company.

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Chappell, Edward

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Colnett, James, 1755?-1806

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Colnett, James, 1755?-1806.

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Cook, James, 1728-1779

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Cook, James, 1728-1779.

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Cook, Warren L.

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Coxe, William.

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Damron, Will, narrator.

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Darby, Melissa C. author.

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Engstrand, Iris Wilson.

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Espinosa y Tello, Josef, 1763-1815

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Espinosa y Tello, Josef, 1763-1815.

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Feder, Kenneth L., author.

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Fiegehen, Gary

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Finney, Ben, television director

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Firstbrook, P. L.

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Fisher, Robin, 1946-

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Fisher, Robin, 1946-.

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Frost, Alan, 1943-

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Galois, Robert Michael

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Gear, Kathleen O'Neal.

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Gear, W. Michael.

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Gianfelice, Davide, artist.

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Gough, Barry M., author.

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Hartmann, William K.

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Heizer, Robert Fleming, 1915-

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IDW Publishing, publisher.

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Ingstad, Benedicte, author.

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Jackman, S. W. (Sydney Wayne), 1925-2011

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Jewitt, John Rodgers, 1783-1821

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Jewitt, John Rodgers, 1783-1821.

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Johnston, H. J. M. (Hugh J. M.), 1939-

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Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972- author.

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Kafarowski, Joanna, 1962-, author.

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Kendrick, John.

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Kent, Martin.

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La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788

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La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de, 1685-1749.

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Lafuente, Joana, colorist.

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Lakusta, Ernie.

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Lamb, W. Kaye (William Kaye), 1904-

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Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina), 1871-1936.

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Litalien, Raymonde.

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Lutz, John S. (John Sutton), 1959-

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Manby, Thomas, d. 1798

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Manning, William R. (William Ray), 1871-1942. Nootka Sound controversy

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Mattéoli, Francisca, author.

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McDowell, Jim, 1934-

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McDowell, Jim, 1934- author.

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McGoogan, Kenneth, 1947-

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McKinney, Sam, 1927-

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McKinney, Sam, 1927- author.

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McLaren, Alfred Scott.

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Meany, Edmond S. (Edmond Stephen), 1862-1935

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Meares, John, 1756?-1809.

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Menzies, Archibald, fl. 1763.

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Mort, T. A. (Terry A.)

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Moss, Edward L. (Edward Lawton)

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Mourelle de la Rúa, Francisco Antonio, 1750-1820.

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Mowat, Farley, author.

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Naish, John M.

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Neering, Rosemary, 1945-, author.

(1)

Nimoy, Leonard.

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Noble, Peter (Narrator), narrator.

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Nokes, J. Richard.

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PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

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Palomino, Jean-François, 1976-

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Parizeau, Paul

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Penguin Random House, publisher.

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Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 1921-

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Pomerantz, Steve.

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Provincial Archives of British Columbia.

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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.

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Reynolds, Stephen, 1782-1857.

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Rickard, Thomas Arthur.

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Rickman, John.

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Roberts, John E.

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Roberts, Tara, author.

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Samson, Jane Dianne, 1962-

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Saunt, Claudio.

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Schneider, Paul, 1962-

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Schwartz, Ellen, 1949- author.

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Scrimgeour, Gray

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Strange, James.

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Strathern, Gloria Margaret.

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Sturgis, William, 1782-1863

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Vancouver Conference on Exploration and Discovery (1992 : Simon Fraser University)

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Vancouver Maritime Museum Society

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Vancouver, George, 1757-1798

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Vancouver, John, d. 1828?

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Vaugeois, Denis.

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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.

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Wallace, Rich, author.

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Wallace, Sandra Neil, author.

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Wands, Steve, letterer.

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Welky, David, author.

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Wells, R. E. (Richard E.), author.

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Wing, Robert C. (Robert Carlyle), 1921-.

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