Gabriel Franchère

Gabriel Franchère

Gabriel Franchère (1786–1863) was a French Canadian author and explorer of the Pacific Northwest.

Franchère was a native of Montreal and joined the Astor Expedition as merchant's apprentice, arriving at Fort Astoria on the "Tonquin".cite book
last = Cogswell
first = Philip Jr.
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title = Capitol Names: Individuals Woven Into Oregon's History
publisher = Oregon Historical Society
date = 1977
location = Portland, Oregon
pages = 26
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id = ] After Astoria was sold to the North West Company, Franchère returned to Montreal overland in 1814. He was employed for a time by John Jacob Astor in Montreal. He wrote "Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America", which was published in 1851. Originally written in French, the untranslated version was one of Washington Irving's sources for his book "Astoria".

References

External links

* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4435 Gabriel Franchère] from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography
* [http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/encyclopedia/GabrielFranchere.htm The Quebec History Encyclopedia: Gabriel Franchère] from Marianopolis College
*gutenberg author|id=Gabriel_Franchere|name=Gabriel Franchère
** [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15911 "Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific"]
*worldcat id|id=lccn-nr00-33352


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