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Writing Geographical Exploration
Wayne K.D. Davies
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Description for Writing Geographical Exploration
Hardcover. What baggage do explorers bring to their experiences? This book summarises the various factors that influence the writing & interpretation of exploration narratives, demonstrating the limitations of the assumption that there is a direct relationship between what the explorer saw & what the text describes. Num Pages: 344 pages, b/w maps. BIC Classification: DS; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 266 x 212 x 28. Weight in Grams: 918.
Writing Geographical Exploration summarizes the various factors that influence the writing and interpretation of exploration narratives, demonstrating the limitations of the assumption that there is a direct relationship between what the explorer saw and what the text describes.
Davies offers a revisionist evaluation of Captain Thomas James, who spent eighteen months in search of the Northwest Passage in the 1630s, to illustrate how modern textual analysis can enrich the appreciation of a traveller's account. Though James's work has been dismissed in the modern period, his work was highly regarded in previous centuries by scientist Robert Boyle and poet Samuel ... Read more
Writing Geographical Exploration summarizes the various factors that influence the writing and interpretation of exploration narratives, demonstrating the limitations of the assumption that there is a direct relationship between what the explorer saw and what the text describes.
Davies offers a revisionist evaluation of Captain Thomas James, who spent eighteen months in search of the Northwest Passage in the 1630s, to illustrate how modern textual analysis can enrich the appreciation of a traveller's account. Though James's work has been dismissed in the modern period, his work was highly regarded in previous centuries by scientist Robert Boyle and poet Samuel ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Calgary Press Canada
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Calgary, Canada
ISBN
9781552380628
SKU
V9781552380628
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99-3
About Wayne K.D. Davies
Wayne Davies has written over a hundred academic essays and authored or edited nine books in a wide variety of research areas, including urban geography and the methods of geography. He is professor emeritus in the Department of Geography at the University of Calgary.
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