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  • A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. An Eighteenth-Century Naval Voyage of Pacific Northwest Mapping, Diplomacy, and Discovery

    de George Vancouver., Delia Penmere ...
    A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean is one of the defining narratives of late eighteenth-century maritime exploration, chronicling the 1791–1795 expedition to chart the Pacific Northwest coast, survey harbors, and assess imperial claims. Written in the precise, observational prose of naval reportage, the work combines hydrography, ethnographic encounter, natural description, and ... Leer más

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  • A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean

    Enriched edition. Exploration of the Pacific Northwest: Insights from a British Maritime Expedition

    de George Vancouver., Duncan Whitaker ...
    In *A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean*, George Vancouver presents a meticulously detailed account of his expeditions in the late 18th century, capturing both the geographic and cultural landscapes of the North Pacific region. The narrative is an exemplary blend of adventure and scientific inquiry, characterized by its rich descriptive passages and precise observational strategies ... Leer más

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  • A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean

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    de George Vancouver., Hannah Nolan ...
    In "A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean," George Vancouver chronicles his monumental expedition from 1791 to 1795, which significantly advanced European understanding of the Pacific Northwest. The book is marked by its detailed observations and meticulous maps, showcasing Vancouver's commitment to precision and clarity. His narrative embodies the spirit of Enlightenment exploration, ... Leer más

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  • A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean (Summarized Edition)

    Enriched edition. An 18th-century naval officer's memoir of Pacific Northwest exploration mapping and Indigenous encounters

    de George Vancouver., Duncan Whitaker, Scarlett Porter ...
    A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean recounts George Vancouver's 1791–1795 survey in HMS Discovery and Chatham with exacting Enlightenment style. He records soundings, bearings, and coastal profiles that proved Vancouver Island's insularity and clarified Puget Sound and Strait of Georgia, while charting Alaska's inlets. Interspersed are natural-history notes (with Archibald Menzies), ... Leer más

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  • Atlantic

    Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms,and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories

    de Simon Winchester ...
    "Variably genial, cautionary, lyrical, admonitory, terrifying, horrifying and inspiring…A lifetime of thought, travel, reading, imagination and memory inform this affecting account." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester tells the breathtaking saga of the Atlantic Ocean ... Leer más

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  • Captain James Cook

    de Rob Mundle ...
    A biography that puts you on the quarterdeck with history's greatest sailorCaptain James Cook is one of the greatest maritime explorers in world history. Over three remarkable voyages of discovery into the Pacific in the latter part of the eighteenth century, Cook unravelled the oldest mystery surrounding the existence of Terra Australis Incognita - the Great South Land. He became the first ... Leer más

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  • Dampier, the Dutch and the Great South Land

    de Rob Mundle ...
    The extraordinary story of how Dutch sailors found Australia and an English pirate almost beat Captain CookRob Mundle is back on the water with another sweeping and powerful account of Australian maritime history. It is the story of 17th-century European mariners - sailors, adventurers and explorers - who became transfixed by the idea of the existence of a Great South Land: ‘Terra Australis ... Leer más

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  • Vikings in America

    de Graeme Davis ...
    Discover the evidence that Vikings walked on American soil—centuries before Columbus.When Columbus claimed to have discovered America in 1492 and the Borgia pope declared it a New World for Catholic Spain, the Vatican started a five-hundred-year conspiracy to conceal the true story of Viking America.In this groundbreaking new work by the author of The Early English Settlement of Orkney and ... Leer más

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  • Sextant

    A Young Man's Daring Sea Voyage and the Men Who Mapped the World's Oceans

    de David Barrie ...
    In the tradition of Dava Sobel's Longitude comes sailing expert David Barrie's compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery—an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instruments ever created, and the daring mariners who used it to explore, conquer, and map the world.Since its invention in 1759, a mariner's most prized possession has been the sextant. A navigation tool ... Leer más

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  • Farther Than Any Man

    The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook

    de Martin Dugard ...
    James Cook never laid eyes on the sea until he was in his teens. He then began an extraordinary rise from farmboy outsider to the hallowed rank of captain of the Royal Navy, leading three historic journeys that would forever link his name with fearless exploration (and inspire pop-culture heroes like Captain Hook and Captain James T. Kirk). In Farther Than Any Man, noted modern-day adventurer ... Leer más

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  • The Farfarers

    A New History of North America

    de Farley Mowat ...
    In this bestseller, Farley Mowat challenges the conventional notion that the Vikings were the first Europeans to reach North America, offering an unforgettable portrait of the Albans, a race originating from the island now known as Britain. Battered by repeated invasions from their aggressive neighbors—Celt, Roman, and Norse—the Albans fled west. Their search for safety, and for the massive walrus ... Leer más

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  • The Pacific

    In the Wake of Captain Cook, with Sam Neill

    de Meaghan Wilson Anastasios ...
    A rich, complex and engaging account of Cook's voyages across the Pacific, from actor and raconteur Sam Neill.Captain James Cook first set sail to the Pacific in 1768, just over 250 years ago. These vast waters, one third of the earth's surface, were uncharted but not unknown. A rich diversity of people and cultures navigated, traded, lived and fought here for thousands of years. Before Cook, the ... Leer más

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