Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a story of wealth, ambition, and survival
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In the tradition of The Lost City of Z and Skeleton in the Zahara, Astoria is the thrilling, true-adventure tale of the 1810 Astor Expedition, an epic, now forgotten, three-year journey to forge an American empire on the Pacific Coast. Peter Stark offers a harrowing saga in which a band of explorers battled nature, starvation, and madness to establish the first American settlement in the Pacific Northwest and opened up what would become the Oregon trail, permanently altering the nation's landscape and its global standing. Six years after Lewis and Clark's began their journey to the Pacific Northwest, two of the Eastern establishment's leading figures, John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson, turned their sights to founding a colony akin to Jamestown on the West Coast and transforming the nation into a Pacific trading power. Author and correspondent for Outside magazine Peter Stark recreates this pivotal moment in American history for the first time for modern readers, drawing on original source material to tell the amazing true story of the Astor Expedition. Unfolding over the course of three years, from 1810 to 1813, Astoria is a tale of high adventure and incredible hardship in the wilderness and at sea. Of the more than one hundred-forty members of the two advance parties that reached the West Coast{u2014}one crossing the Rockies, the other rounding Cape Horn{u2014}nearly half perished by violence. Others went mad. Within one year, the expedition successfully established Fort Astoria, a trading post on the Columbia River. Though the colony would be short-lived, it opened provincial American eyes to the potential of the Western coast and its founders helped blaze the Oregon Trail.
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Astor, John Jacob
Astor, John Jacob, -- 1763-1848
Astoria (Or.) -- History
Astoria (Or.) -- History -- 19th century
Discovery and exploration
Electronic books
Fur trade
Fur trade -- Columbia River Valley -- History -- 19th century
History
Jefferson, Thomas
Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826
Nonfiction
Northwest, Pacific -- Discovery and exploration
Northwest, Pacific -- History
Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 19th century
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Pacific Fur Company
Sports & Recreations
Tonquin (Ship)
Voyages to the Pacific Coast
West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration
Astor, John Jacob, -- 1763-1848
Astoria (Or.) -- History
Astoria (Or.) -- History -- 19th century
Discovery and exploration
Electronic books
Fur trade
Fur trade -- Columbia River Valley -- History -- 19th century
History
Jefferson, Thomas
Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826
Nonfiction
Northwest, Pacific -- Discovery and exploration
Northwest, Pacific -- History
Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 19th century
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Pacific Fur Company
Sports & Recreations
Tonquin (Ship)
Voyages to the Pacific Coast
West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration
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subject_facet | Astor, John Jacob, -- 1763-1848 Astoria (Or.) -- History Astoria (Or.) -- History -- 19th century Electronic books Fur trade -- Columbia River Valley -- History -- 19th century Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 Northwest, Pacific -- Discovery and exploration Northwest, Pacific -- History Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 19th century Overland journeys to the Pacific Pacific Fur Company Tonquin (Ship) Voyages to the Pacific Coast West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | Astoria : John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a story of wealth, ambition, and survival | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | Astoria : John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a story of wealth, ambition, and survival / Peter Stark Astoria : John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a story of wealth, ambition, and survival [electronic resource] / Peter Stark Astoria : John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's lost Pacific empire: a story of wealth, ambition, and survival [electronic resource] / Peter Stark Astoria John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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topic_facet | Astor, John Jacob Discovery and exploration Electronic books Fur trade History Jefferson, Thomas Nonfiction Overland journeys to the Pacific Sports & Recreations Voyages to the Pacific Coast |