[BCMA] Book Launch at Vancouver Maritime Museum

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The Vancouver Maritime Museum & Harbour Publishing
Present: TEA & TALK Book Launch: Juan de Fuca¹s Strait with Barry Gough
September 29th 2:00PM
 
Vancouver, BC ­ The Vancouver Maritime Museum & Harbour Publishing are
pleased to announce the book launch of Juan de Fuca¹s Strait by critically
acclaimed author Barry Gough.
 
A sea venture tied up with piracy, political loyalty and betrayal, all bound
in a web of international intrigue, Juan de Fuca¹s Strait is an
indispensable contribution to the history of discovery on the Northwest
Coast. 
 
The tale begins in sixteenth-century Venice, when explorer Juan de Fuca
encountered English merchant Michael Lok and relayed a fantastic story of a
marine passageway that connected the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. This tale
would be the catalyst for centuries of dreaming, and exacerbate English and
Spanish rivalry. 
The story of the Northwest Passage is one of significant figures and great
empires, jostling for a distant corner of North America.
 
Gough provides meticulously researched insight, delving into diplomatic
records, narratives of explorers and commercial aspirants, legal affidavits
and court records to illuminate the journeys of Martin Frobisher, James
Cook, Francis Drake, Manuel Quimper, José María Narváez, George Vancouver
and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, among others.
 
Dr. Barry Gough was founding director of Canadian Studies at Wilfrid Laurier
University and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Fellow of King's
College London and Life Member of the Association of Canadian Studies.
Author of many critically acclaimed books, including Royal Navy and the
Northwest Coast of North America, 1810­1914; Gunboat Frontier: British
Maritime Authority and Northwest Coast Indians, 1846­90; First Across the
Continent: Sir Alexander Mackenzie and Fighting Sail on Lake Huron and
Georgian Bay. He has been writing about the history of the Pacific Coast for
almost four decades and is known for the authenticity of his work, which has
received international recognition.
 
 
This Tea & Talk event is FREE to the public.
(Admission to the museum and exhibits is not included.)
For information go to www.vanmaritme.com <http://www.vanmaritme.com>
Or call 604-257-8300
Registration is not required.
Light refreshments will be served.


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Jen Hill
Marketing
604.257.8302
@vanmaritime

Vancouver Maritime Museum
1905 Ogden Avenue
Vancouver BC  V6J 1A3
www.vanmaritime.com


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