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One of the rarest books about the Pacific Coast of North America is Exploration du Territoire de l'Orégon, des Californies et de la Mer Vermeille, Executée Pendant les Années 1840, 1841 et 1842 by the Frenchman sent to Mexico City in 1839 to ascertain the viability of commerce from California to Alaska.
Eugene Duflot de Mofras sailed to the Bering Strait and back, then provided a large map of the West Coast. He charted the major ports from San Blas to the Aleutians, including the mouth of the Columbia River and Nootka Sound.
A collection of Mofras' writings was edited by Marguerite Eyer Wilbur and published in 1937 as Duflot De Mofras' Travels on the Pacific Coast. The book contains descriptive accounts of the Oregon territory, Vancouver Island, the Fraser River and several HBC forts.
[BCBW 2006] "Forts and Fur" "French" "Maritime" "1800-1850"
Eugene Duflot de Mofras sailed to the Bering Strait and back, then provided a large map of the West Coast. He charted the major ports from San Blas to the Aleutians, including the mouth of the Columbia River and Nootka Sound.
A collection of Mofras' writings was edited by Marguerite Eyer Wilbur and published in 1937 as Duflot De Mofras' Travels on the Pacific Coast. The book contains descriptive accounts of the Oregon territory, Vancouver Island, the Fraser River and several HBC forts.
[BCBW 2006] "Forts and Fur" "French" "Maritime" "1800-1850"
