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Enlightenment and exploration in the North Pacific, 1741-1805 /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Cook Inlet Historical Society, Anchorage Museum of History and Art
Otros Autores: Haycox, Stephen W., Barnett, James K., 1947-, Liburd, Caedmon A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : Published for the Cook Inlet Historical Society in the Anchorage Museum of History and Art by the University of Washington Press, c1997.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Alaska and the North Pacific : a crossroads of empires / James K. Barnett Spain's role in Pacific exploration during the age of enlightenment / Iris H.W. Engstrand
  • George Vancouver, the admiralty, and exploration / Glyndwr Williams
  • Lapérouse 1786 : a French naval visit to Alaska / Robin Inglis
  • Ethnology in the enlightenment : the voyage of Alejandro Malaspina in the Pacific / Phyllis S. Herda
  • Health of mariners : Vancouver's achievement / John M. Naish
  • Evolution of shipbuilding in the eighteenth century / John Kendrick
  • Testing a new technology : Vancouver's survey and navigation in Alaskan waters, 1794 / Alun C. Davies
  • From Cook to Vancouver : the British contribution to the cartography of Alaska / Andrew David
  • Russian mapping of the North Pacific to 1792 / Carol Urness
  • Vancouver : cautious collector / J.C.H. King
  • Images of native Alaskans in the work of explorer artists / Kesler E. Woodward
  • Publication and readership of voyage journals in the age of Vancouver, 1730-1830 / Anthony Payne
  • Efforts at humane engagement : Indian-Spanish encounters in Bucareli Bay, 1779 / Stephen J. Langdon
  • George Vancouver and the native peoples of the northwest coast / Robin Fisher.