Ridley Scott
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xii, 452 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Description
"Four years after the Revolutionary War, America's independence was still in doubt. The new nation needed money and a vital surge in trade. In 1787, a group of Boston merchants decided to send two ships on a desperate mission around Cape Horn and into the Pacific Ocean, to establish new trade with China, settle an outpost on territory claimed by the Spanish, and find the legendary Northwest Passage. The seven-year adventure, known as the Columbia...