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Writing geographical exploration : James and the Northwest Passage, 1631-33 /
Writing Geographical Exploration: Thomas James and the Northwest Passage, 1631-33 summarizes the various factors that influence the writing and interpretation of exploration narratives, demonstrating the limitations of the assumption that there is a direct relationship between what the explorer saw...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Calgary, Alta. :
University of Calgary Press,
[2004], ©2003.
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| Colección: | Northern lights series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Writing Geographical Exploration: Thomas James and the Northwest Passage, 1631-33 summarizes the various factors that influence the writing and interpretation of exploration narratives, demonstrating the limitations of the assumption that there is a direct relationship between what the explorer saw and what the text describes. Davies offers a revisionist evaluation of Captain Thomas James, who spent eighteen months in search of the Northwest Passage in the 1630s, to illustrate how modern textual analysis can enrich the appreciation of a traveller's account. Though James's work has been dismissed in the modern period, his work was highly regarded in previous centuries by scientist Robert Boyle and poet Samuel Coleridge. James was not a first-rank explorer, but he was an able navigator and leader, a perceptive scientific observer, and a master author who produced a thrilling tale of adventure that should occupy a more prominent place in exploration writing and history, literary theory, and post-modern geography. |
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| Notas: | Co-published by the Arctic Institute of North America. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 317 pages) : illustrations, maps, portrait |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-308) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781552384817 1552384810 |