Warship under sail : the USS Decatur in the Pacific West /

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A social history of the nineteenth-century sloop of war "Decatur," that illuminates American expansionism in the antebellum Pacific Northwest

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McConaghy, Lorraine
Corporate Author: Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest : In association with University of Washington Press, c2009.
Series:Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography ; 15.
Subjects:
Decatur (Sloop of war)
United States. > Navy > History > 19th century.
United States. > Navy
1800-1899
Seafaring life > Northwest, Pacific > History > 19th century.
Seafaring life > Pacific Area > History > 19th century.
Seafaring life > Pacific Coast (Latin America) > History > 19th century.
Vie en mer > Pacifique, Région du > Histoire > 19e siècle.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Naval.
Seafaring life
Territorial expansion
Northwest, Pacific > History, Naval > 19th century.
Pacific Area > History, Naval > 19th century.
Pacific Coast (Latin America) > History, Naval > 19th century.
United States > Territorial expansion.
Pacifique, Région du > Histoire navale > 19e siècle.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale.
Latin America > Pacific Coast
Pacific Area
Pacific Northwest
United States
History
Naval history
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Young America on the Pacific : "The sailor of manifest destiny views"
  • The Decatur in the old Navy : "To command our own seas and coasts"
  • Boston : getting under way
  • Episode 1: Through the Strait of Magellan : "Off to Californio!"
  • Episode 2: Seattle : "Down came the Indians, like so many demons"
  • San Francisco : "This reckless life"
  • Episode 3: Nicaragua : "Seeing the elephant"
  • Episode 4: Panama : "All the subtle demonisms of life and thought"
  • The Civil War and beyond.

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