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The Quest for the Northwest Passage
Knowledge, Nation and Empire, 1576–1806
- 208 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
These essays trace the history of the British search for the Northwest Passage – the Arctic sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans – from the early modern era to the start of the nineteenth century.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: The Northwest Passage and the Imperial Project: History, Ideology, Myth
- Part I: The Earliest Attempts: Texts and Contexts
- Part II: Ice and Eskimos: Dealing with a New Otherness
- Part III: The Shift in Methods: Towards Overland Exploration
- Notes
- Index