True yankees The South Seas and the discovery of American identity

True yankees : The South Seas and the discovery of American identity / by Dane A. Morrison.

Author/creator	Morrison, Dane Anthony
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
Description	xxii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Subject(s)	National characteristics, American--History. Ship captains--United States --History. Merchant mariners--United States --History. Travelers' writings, American--History and criticism. Oceania--Discovery and exploration --American. South Atlantic Ocean Region--Discovery and exploration --American.

Contents	Part I. The first generation -- Samuel Shaw's polite reception, 1784-1794 -- Amasa Delano opens the great South Sea, 1790-1820 -- Edmund Fanning's "Voyages round the world," 1793-1834 -- Part II. The second generation -- Harriett Low in Manila and Macao, 1829-1834 -- Robert Bennet Forbes and the First Opium War, 1839-1840.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2014008716
ISBN	9781421415420 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	1421415429 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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