Background to discovery : Pacific exploration from Dampier to Cook
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Background to discovery : Pacific exploration from Dampier to Cook
（Publications from the Clark Library professorship, UCLA, 11）
University of California Press, c1990
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Background to Discovery recounts the great voyages of discovery, from Dampier to Cook, that excited such fervent political and popular interest in eighteenth-century Europe. Perhaps this book's greatest strength lies in its remarkable synthesis of both the achievements of European maritime exploration and the political, economic, and scientific motives behind it. Writing essays on the literary and artistic response to the voyages as well, the contributors collectively provide a rich source for historians, geographers, and anyone interested in the history of voyage and travel.
Table of Contents
Daniel A. Baugh, Seapower and Science: The Motives for Pacific Exploration
Glyndwr Williams, The Achievement of the English Voyages, 1650-1800
Seymour Chapin, The Men from Across La Manche: French Voyages,1660-1790
Charles L. Batten, Jr, Literary Responses to the Eighteenth-Century Voyages
Derek Howse, Navigation and Astronomy in the Voyages
John O. Sands, The Sailor's Perspective: British Naval Topographical Artists
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