01604cam a2200337 4500 364839175 TxAuBib 20181201120000.0 150624s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015410090 9780062218308 0062218301 (OCoLC)903545736 TxAuBib Stark, Peter, 1954- Astoria : Astor and Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a tale of ambition and survival on the early American frontier / Peter Stark. Astoria : John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a story of wealth, ambition, and survival. First Ecco paperback edition. New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015. xxiii, 370 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm. "With a new afterword"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-355) and index. The launch -- The journey -- Pacific empire and war. Documents the 1810 to 1813 expedition, financed by millionaire John Jacob Astor and encouraged by Thomas Jefferson, to establish Fort Astoria, a trading post on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. 20181201. Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848. Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826. West (U.S) Discovery and exploration. Northwest, Pacific History. Astoria (Or.) History.