Noted Canadian explorer's account of exploring the Northwest with the plan to expand fur trade.

Gabriel Franchere's first-hand account of his journey to the Pacific Northwest in the early 19th century provides a fascinating glimpse into a bygone era. From

The author, a Canadian, was one of the party sent out by John Jacob Astor to establish his colony at Astoria and he describes the voyage up the Columbia.

The first English edition was issued simultaneously with the American. John Jacob Astor persuaded Irving to undertake this story of his ill-fated enterprise at