Enlightenment and exploration in the North Pacific, 1741-1805 / edited by Stephen Haycox, James K. Barnett, Caedmon A. Liburd.

Format Book
Publication InfoSeattle : Published for the Cook Inlet Historical Society in the Anchorage Museum of History and Art by the University of Washington Press, ©1997.
Descriptionxii, 220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Subjects
Explorers--Alaska. --History. --18th century.
Explorers--Northwest, Pacific. --History. --18th century.
Alaska--Discovery and exploration. --European.
Alaska--History. --To 1867.
Northwest, Pacific--Discovery and exploration. --European.

Other author/creatorHaycox, Stephen W.
Other author/creatorBarnett, James K., 1947-
Other author/creatorLiburd, Caedmon A.
Other author/creatorCook Inlet Historical Society.
Other author/creatorAnchorage Museum of History and Art.
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 96037993
ISBN0295975830 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks F907 .E55 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold