Table of Contents

Illustrations

Preface

1 Tyranny of Distance

2 Pacific Probes

3 Cook's Reconnaissance

4 Spanning the Pacific

5 The Fortune Seekers

6 Beachhead of Empire

7 Imperial Dreams and False Starts

8 Conflicts of Ambition

9 Dealing with the Dons

10 The Surveyor-Diplomats

11 The Overlanders

12 Epilogue

Abbreviations

Notes

Note on Sources

Select Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Barry M. Gough is professor of history at WilfridLaurier University. He has published books and articles dealing withthe history of Northwest Coast in general and British Columbia inparticular.