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The Voyage of George Vancouver 1791-1795 Volume IV (2nd Series 166)
W. Kaye Lamb
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Description for The Voyage of George Vancouver 1791-1795 Volume IV (2nd Series 166)
Hardcover. .
Four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - Cook's third voyage, the French expedition commanded by La Perouse, the Malaspina expedition sent out by Spain, and George Vancouver's Voyage of Discovery. All four visited the northwest coast of North America, but weather and circumstances prevented Cook from making more than what Beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; La Perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at Yakutat Bay and Lituya Bay, and Malasina's memorable visits were to Yakutat Bay and Nootka Sound. Vancouver, by contrast, surveyed ... Read more
Four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - Cook's third voyage, the French expedition commanded by La Perouse, the Malaspina expedition sent out by Spain, and George Vancouver's Voyage of Discovery. All four visited the northwest coast of North America, but weather and circumstances prevented Cook from making more than what Beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; La Perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at Yakutat Bay and Lituya Bay, and Malasina's memorable visits were to Yakutat Bay and Nootka Sound. Vancouver, by contrast, surveyed ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Group United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Series
Hakluyt Society
Condition
New
Number of Pages
540
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780904180206
SKU
V9780904180206
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About W. Kaye Lamb
Dr Kaye Lamb was formerly Dominion Archivist and National Librarian of Canada.
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