Pacific Exploration

Rigby, Nigel; Merwe, Pieter Van Der; Williams, Glyn

ISBN 10: 1472957733 / ISBN 13: 9781472957733

Edité par Adlard Coles, London, 2018

A propos de cet article

Appears to be unread. Captain Cook is generally acknowledged as the first great European scientific explorer. His voyage of exploration to the Pacific in HM bark Endeavour, commencing in 1768, lasted almost three years, recorded thousands of miles of uncharted lands and seas - including New Zealand, the east coast of Australia and many Pacific islands - and tested all Cook's skills as a navigator, seaman and leader. His voyages were among the first to take civilian scientists, notably Sir Joseph Banks, and they revealed to European eyes the mysterious and exotic lands, peoples, flora and fauna of the Pacific, never before seen. But while Cook understandably dominates the story of 18th-century Pacific exploration, the achievements of those who followed him on many voyages of science and exploration into the Pacific have been neglected and deprived of the greater attention they deserve. Correcting this imbalance, Pacific Exploration explores the European voyages that continued Cook's work not only of charting but also starting to exploit and control the Pacific. These voyages, by William Bligh, George Vancouver, Matthew Flinders, Malaspina, Lap¿use and Arthur Phillip, span a period that saw Britain becoming the world's leading maritime power, a situation well in place by the time that Charles Darwin's voyage in Fitzroy's Beagle laid the basis of even greater understanding of the development of life on earth. Recounting and illustrating these achievements and legacies using fascinating text and beautiful illustrations and artworks from the period, this book explores topics of scientific discovery, engagement with indigenous peoples, the use of shipboard artists and scientists, the growing professionalism of the hydrographic service, the vessels used and the colonial, commercial and imperial contexts of the voyages.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Pacific Exploration
• Éditeur: Adlard Coles, London
• Date de parution: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1472957733
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781472957733
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: As New
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Exploration
  • History
  • Non Fiction

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Synopsis

A beautiful and absorbing account of Pacific exploration by Captains Cook, Bligh, Flinders and many more, in the 18th and 19th centuries

À propos de l?auteur

Dr Nigel Rigby is Curator of Exploration at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK. He is co-author of a number of books on aspects of maritime history, including Captain Cook and the Pacific and editor of The Worlds of the East India Company.

Pieter van der Merwe MBE is General Editor of Royal Museums Greenwich, UK. He has authored and edited a number of books on aspects of British maritime history, including South 2nd edition.

Glyn Williams is Professor Emeritus of History at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. He has authored and edited a number of books on imperial and maritime history, including Naturalists at Sea and Arctic Labyrinth.