1st Edition
In the Wake of Cook Exploration, Science and Empire, 1780-1801
By David Mackay
Copyright 1985
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1985. After the epoch-making voyages of exploration of Captain Cook, a series of further exploratory missions was financed by the British government to add to the knowledge of the lands of the southern hemisphere: 'a more minute examination of the coast' was, for example, the brief of the voyage of the Investigator. Specimens of plants and fauna were to be collected, and... Read more
List of Maps; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Part One; 1. Introduction: Exploration, Science and Empire in the Late Eighteenth Century 2. The Rediscovery of the Southern Oceans 3. Fur Traders in the North Pacific 4. Government Interest in the North Pacific; Part Two; 5. Food for Slaves 6. The Empire and the Cotton Industry 7. Science and the East Indian Empire; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Biography
David Mackay
