Pioneers of the Pacific Coast - Couverture souple

Laut, Agnes C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1508701644 ISBN 13 : 9781508701644

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Pioneers of the Pacific Coast is a classic history of exploration along the American west coast. All through the sixteenth century the South Seas were regarded as a mysterious wonderworld, whence Spain drew unlimited wealth of gold and silver bullion, of pearls and precious stones. Spain had declared the Pacific 'a closed sea' to the rest of the world. But in 1567 it happened that Sir John Hawkins, an English mariner, was cruising in the Gulf of Mexico, when a terrific squall, as he said, drove his ships landward to Vera Cruz, and he sent a messenger to the Spanish viceroy there asking permission to dock and repair his battered vessels.

A propos du livre

About the Author :

Agnes C. Laut was born in Huron County, Ontario in 1871. She was a reporter and editorial writer for the Manitoba Free Press in the 1890s, then a wide-ranging travel writer. Her books include Lords of the North, Heralds of Empire, The Story of the Trapper, Pathfinders of the West, Vikings of the Pacific, Canada at the Crossroads, and The Romance of the Rails. She died in 1936.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1508701644
• ISBN 13: 9781508701644
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 70