Author: Michael A. Verney
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226819922
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Jeremiah Reynolds and the empire of knowledge -- The United States exploring expedition as Jacksonian capitalism -- The United States exploring expedition in popular culture -- The Dead Sea expedition and the empire of faith -- Proslavery explorations of South America -- Arctic exploration and US-UK rapprochement.