Quimper on Vancouver Island

• Main Author: McAllister, Parker S. (1903-1970)
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1955
• Subjects: Artists > Washington (State) > Seattle; Watercolor painting > Northwest; Pacific; McAllister; Northwest Passage; Northwest passage
• Online Access: http://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15015coll5,157

Dramatized representation of Manuel Quimper’s charting of Vancouver Island during the 1790 Spanish exploration expedition commanded by Francisco de Eliza. A man with a telescope stands at the crest of a hill, shading his eyes. Two other men holding rifles stand nearby. The hill affords a broad vista...