In one of Jackman's books, The Journal of William Sturgis, the end of the eighteenth century saw the Americans and the British actively trading with natives for the extremely valuable sea otter pelts. In 1799, William Sturgis, aged 17, made his first visit, keeping journals in which he described his impressions of life at sea, of fur trade practices, and of the native people. His journal contains one of the first attempts at a phonetic dictionary of the aboriginal dialects.

At Sea and By Land
The Reminiscences of William Balfour Macdonald, R. N.

This service autobiography of William Balfour Macdonald, the first British Columbia-born individual to be named cadet at Britannia, is a must-have for navel history enthusiasts. Macdonald served in the Pacific Rim, from Hawaii to China, and commanded one of the first two vessels of the infant Canadian navy.

Nautical, History, ISBN 0-919203-05-1, 152 pp, 6" × 9", paper, $8.95
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