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Science and Exploration in the Pacific

副标题: European Voyages to the Southern Oceans in the Eighteenth Century (Modern History)

ISBN: 9780851158365

出版社: Boydell Press

出版年: 1998-12-17

页数: 248

定价: USD 37.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介


The exploration of the Pacific in the eighteenth century by western Europeans has an enduring fascination for both specialists and a wider public. Within this field, Cook's voyages have a particular appeal: they include exciting elements of danger, scientific investigation, encounters between different cultures. The essays in this volume take as their point of departure Cook's first voyage in the Endeavour (1768-71); they re-evaluate its political and social context, look at the expectations and outcomes of the event, and focus on the scientific and cultural issues emerging from this and subsequent Pacific voyages.