Author: George VancouverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World... - Primary Source Edition
Author: George VancouverPublisher:
ISBN: 9781294102175
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean
Author: George VancouverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean
Author: George VancouverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World, 1791-1795
Author: George VancouverPublisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - Cook's third voyage, the French expedition commanded by La Pérouse, the Malaspina expedition sent out by Spain, and George Vancouver's Voyage of Discovery. All four visited the northwest coast of North America, but weather and circumstances prevented Cook from making more than what Beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; La Pérouse only touched the coast in a significant way at Yakutat Bay and Lituya Bay, and Malasina's memorable visits were to Yakutat Bay and Nootka Sound. Vancouver, by contrast, surveyed the enormous extent of coast from Lower California to Cook Inlet, and his meticulous survey literally set out on the map of the world the intricacies of Puget Sound and the western coast of mainland Canada. It was an achievement that places him with his mentor, Cook, in the first rank of marine surveyors. As a midshipman Vancouver had been with Cook when he discovered the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands in 1778. They attracted his interest, and the attention he devoted to the islands, their inhabitants and their political future when he twice later wintered there will surprise many. This is the first annotated edition of Vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication in 1798. The original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survived. These supplement Vancouver's narrative at many points. It has been possible to identify virtually all the host of islands, channels and inlets that Vancouver encountered, and the provenance of most of the approximately 400 place names he bestowed, nine out of ten of which are still in use, is indicated. Book 1 of a new and annotated edition of A Voyage of Discovery ... (London, 1798). The main pagination of this and the following three volumes is continuous. The voyage to Australia and Tahiti,
Historical Atlas of the North Pacific Ocean
Author: Derek HayesPublisher: Sasquatch Books
ISBN: 1570613117
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Map junkies rejoice! Derek Hayes, author of Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest, delivers another stunning atlas filled with stories of explorations and exquisite historical maps. Over five hundred years of maps depicting the North Pacific Ocean and the lands that border it -- the United States, Canada, Alaska, Russia, Japan, Korea, and China -- have been collected into this new atlas. From antique maps of the sixteenth century to modern satellite images, this volume covers all the major explorations, such as Magellan, Bering, Cook, and Vancouver; Perry's opening of Japan; and the U.S. North Pacific Exploring Expedition. It also includes modern maps that use the latest technology to show ocean currents, fault lines, and the seabed in astounding detail.
Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society
Author: New Jersey Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Proceedings
Author: New Jersey Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
New Jersey History
Author: Western Lives
Author: Richard W. EtulainPublisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826334725
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The life stories of many individuals are woven together to tell the history of the American West from the earliest days of westward expansion to the twentieth century.
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