By Wallace M. Olson
Paintings by Mark Myers.

(Soft cover, stapled, 5 ½ x 8 ½" @ 48 pages. 8 colored plates, 7 charts.) 2004.
ISBN -9659009-2-4

Price $7.95 plus postage.
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This is a concise history of the seven Spanish voyages to Alaska, with a summary of their accomplishments and their legacy. The charts show the routes of each expedition. In addition to the paintings on the covers, there are four more colored plates of paintings by Mark Myers, and four colored plates of artifacts at the Museo de America in Madrid, Spain.

By Wallace M. Olson.

(Soft cover, stapled, 5 ½ x 8 ½" @ 47 pages, 3 charts) 2004.
ISBN 0-9659009-3-2

Price $6.95 plus postage.
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After an explanation of the background and purpose of the expedition, there is a day-by-day account of the two surveys in Alaska. The chronology was compiled from his journal and that of the naturalist, Archibald Menzies. It briefly describes their activities and explains the source of many of the place names that Vancouver placed on the charts. Mention is made of Vancouver's visit to Hawaii and the ceding of the islands to Great Britain on February 25, 1794.