<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>6</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Irving, Washington</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Astoria : Adventure in the Pacific Northwest</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Astoria</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">fur trading</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">John Jacob Astor</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">pacific northwest</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">trade routes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">traders</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BCR-University of Colorado at Boulder</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-440</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">071030255X; 9780710302557</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">en</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">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. But in its short life Astoria rendered incalculable benefits to public understanding of the Great Northwest. The exploration of trade routes, the description of various Indian tribes and their customs, and an American claim on the Northwest coast were among many of its legacies.</style></abstract><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">history</style></custom1><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/607070517</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humanities Bibliography</style></custom4></record></records></xml>