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From Maps to Metaphors : the Pacific World of George Vancouver.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Vancouver :
UBC Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Contents""; ""Illustrations and Maps ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""How the Squamish Remember George Vancouver""; ""Introduction""; ""1 James Cook and the European Discovery of Polynesia""; ""2 Myth and Reality: The Theoretical Geography of Northwest America from Cook to Vancouver""; ""3 Vancouver's Survey Methods and Surveys""; ""4 Vancouver's Chronometers""; ""5 A Notable Absence: The Lateness and Lameness of Russian Discovery and Exploration in the North Pacific, 1639-1803""; ""6 Nootka Sound and the Beginnings of Britain's Imperialism of Free Trade""
- ""7 Seduction before Sovereignty: Spanish Efforts to Manipulate the Natives in Their Claims to the Northwest Coast""""8 Dangerous Liaisons: Maquinna, Quadra, and Vancouver in Nootka Sound, 1790-5""; ""9 Art and Exploration: The Responses of Northwest Coast Native Artists to Maritime Explorers and Fur Traders""; ""10 Kidnapped: Tuki and Huru's Involuntary Visit to Norfolk Island in 1793""; ""11 Banks and Menzies: Evolution of a Journal""; ""12 The Intellectual Discovery and Exploration of Polynesia""; ""13 The Burden of Terra Australis: Experiences of Real and Imagined Lands""
- ""Appendices: Vancouver's Instruments, Charts, and Drawings""""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Contributors""