E-book
Enlightenment and exploration in the North Pacific, 1741-1805
Record details
- ISBN: 9780295975832
- ISBN: 0295975830
- ISBN: 9780295806853
- ISBN: 0295806850
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 220 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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Computer data. - Publisher: Seattle : Published for the Cook Inlet Historical Society in the Anchorage Museum of History and Art by the University of Washington Press, �1997.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:september.21 Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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 -- Lap�erouse 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. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by JSTOR. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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