Astoria

ISBN-13: 9781539457480 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 420 str.

Irving Washington;Ravell

Opis

In 1811 a group of American traders built a fort at the mouth of the Columbia River, named Fort Astoria in honor of its financier, John Jacob Astor. Envisioned as the spur of a fur-trading empire, by 1813 the project was a business failure and the fort was surrendered to the British.