Writing Geographical Exploration: James and the Northwest Passage, 1631-33 - Couverture rigide

Davies, Wayne K. D.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1552380629 ISBN 13 : 9781552380628

Editeur : University of Calgary Press, 2002

Synopsis

Writing Geographical Exploration: Thomas James and the Northwest Passage, 1631-33 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 Coleridge. James was not a first-rank explorer, but he was an able navigator and leader, a perceptive scientific observer, and a master author who produced a thrilling tale of adventure that should occupy a more prominent place in exploration writing and history, literary theory, and post-modern geography.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Calgary Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1552380629
• ISBN 13: 9781552380628
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 344
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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