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Article: At the Far Reaches of Empire: The Life of Juan Francisco De La Bodega y Quadra.(Book review)
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- Oregon Historical Quarterly
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- December 22, 2008
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AT THE FAR REACHES OF EMPIRE: THE LIFE OF JUAN FRANCISCO DE LA BODEGA Y QUADRA
by Freeman M. Tovell
UBC Press, Vancouver, 2008. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. 496 pages. $85.00 cloth.
Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra stands out among early regional characters, competing with George Vancouver for top honors. After reading Freeman Tovell's splendid book, the British cartographer loses to Bodega on almost all counts except that of being as well remembered in place-name geography.
In 1775, young Bodega explored the Pacific Northwest Coast in the tiny schooner Sonora. Later, in 1779, he explored the coasts of Alaska ...