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Ian Wallace: At the Intersection of Painting and Photography
This is the fifth catalogue published in conjunction with a solo art exhibition by Ian Wallace since 2007. It is also the largest and most handsomely designed of the group, the collaborative product of an...
BC Studies no. 181 Spring 2014 | Page(s) 159-61
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Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America, 1792: Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra and the Nootka Sound Controversy
The heart of this work, and its raison d’être, is the report of Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, dated 2 February 1793 at San Blas, Mexico. This document is not a diary or...
BC Studies no. 176 Winter 2012-2013 | Page(s) 155-7
Book Review
Feeding the Family: 100 Years of Food and Drink in Victoria
Until the later decades of the past century, historical writing was by men, about men, and for men. Narratives of the past made room for a queen, and the odd Laura Secord or Florence Nightingale,...
BC Studies no. 174 Summer 2012 | Page(s) 139-140
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Pioneers of the Pacific Coast: A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters
Until the later decades of the past century, historical writing was by men, about men, and for men. Narratives of the past made room for a queen, and the odd Laura Secord or Florence Nightingale,...
BC Studies no. 174 Summer 2012 | Page(s) 128-9
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The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713-1763
If I understand the author’s intentions, the aim of this work is to explain how the west – that is, the continental interior of North America south of Hudson Bay, beyond the Great Lakes, and...
BC Studies no. 174 Summer 2012 | Page(s) 127-8
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Flood Tide of Empire: Spain and the Pacific Northwest, 1543-1819
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 21, Spring 1974
BC Studies no. 21 Spring 1974 | Page(s) 48-53
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At the Far Reaches of Empire: The Life of Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra
Spanish activity along the Pacific Northwest Coast from 1774 to 1793 has attracted a moderate amount of scholarly attention, including monographs by Warren Cook, Donald Cutter, and John Kendrick, as well as the publication, often...
BC Studies no. 159 Autumn 2008 | Page(s) 148-9
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The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, 1577-1580
This book represents an expanded form of the much debated revelations of Samuel Bawlf concerning the Pacific Ocean explorations of Francis Drake during his 1577–80 voyage of circumnavigation. Parts of the voyage account are well known,...
BC Studies no. 146 Summer 2005 | Page(s) 101-3
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A Voyage to the North West Side of America: The Journals of James Colnett, 1786-89
JAMES COLNETT will always remain a name of notoriety in world history for it is he who responded to Commandant Esteban Martinez’s demands and formalities at Nootka Sound in 1789 and started, so it is...
BC Studies no. 144 Winter 2004-2005 | Page(s) 131-3
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A World Apart: The Crowsnest Communities of Alberta and British Columbia
A WORLD APART, edited by Wayne Norton and Tom Langford, is a solid collection of essays and memoirs about the experience of living and working in the Crowsnest Pass communities of Alberta and British Columbia in the twentieth...
BC Studies no. 138-139 Summer-Autumn 2003 | Page(s) 192-4
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Pioneers of the Pacific: Voyages of Exploration, 1787-1810
In 2002, the National Maritime Museum in London published Captain Cook in the Pacific, introduced by Glyn Williams, with the succeeding chapters written by Nigel Rigby and Pieter van der Merwe. The present book by...
BC Studies no. 153 Spring 2007 | Page(s) 135-7
Book Review
Ceramic Makers’ Marks
This slim and well-designed identification guide focuses primarily on nineteenth century American and European manufacturers of ceramics for those working to identify ceramic shards. Despite the back cover’s reference to “North American sites,” it draws...