The Men With Wooden Feet The Spanish Exploration of the Pacific Northwest Tapa dura - 1986

Canada: New Canada Press, 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. Former owner has nicely taped in several photocopied relevant maps. A quick flip found five pages with highlighting..

From the d.j.: "The first Europeans to reach the Pacific Northwest were Spanish--Perez in 1774 and Bodega y Quadra the next year. According to oral history, the barefoot native peoples thought the Spaniards had wooden feet. Captain Cook stayed several weeks at Nootka on his way to Bering Strait in 1778. The next year the Spanish set up an outpost at Nootka and were the first Europeans to live ashore on the Canadian west coast. In 1792 Dionisio Alcala Galiano and Cayetano Valdes sailed north from San Blas, Mexico in the 'Sutil' and the 'Mexicana'. Galiano circumnavigated Vancouver Island effectively disproving the existence of the Northwest Passage. His ships met Captain George Vancouver's several times and they collaborated on surveys and explorations."


16-page picture section in the center of the book.

NC Press Ltd, Toronto, 1985, Very Good Hardcover / Fine Dustjacket, 168 pages, 6" x 9", coffee staining on edge of text block, otherwise a clean tight copy, Signed by the author on title page.

Nc Pr, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Nc Pr, 1986. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.