Background to Discovery recounts the great voyages of discovery, from Dampier to Cook, that excited such fervent political and popular interest in eighteenth-century Europe. Perhaps this book's greatest strength lies in its remarkable synthesis of both the achievements of European maritime exploration and the political, economic, and scientific motives behind it. Writing essays on the literary and artistic response to the voyages as well, the contributors collectively provide a rich source for historians, geographers, and ...
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Background to Discovery recounts the great voyages of discovery, from Dampier to Cook, that excited such fervent political and popular interest in eighteenth-century Europe. Perhaps this book's greatest strength lies in its remarkable synthesis of both the achievements of European maritime exploration and the political, economic, and scientific motives behind it. Writing essays on the literary and artistic response to the voyages as well, the contributors collectively provide a rich source for historians, geographers, and anyone interested in the history of voyage and travel.
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VG (Slight soiling along outer book edges; otherwise clean. ) Black cloth, turquoise & illus. dust jacket, 210 pp., BW illus. A collection of six essays that recount "the great voyages of discovery that excited such fervent political and popular interesdt in eighteenth-century Europe. Taking diverse disciplinary approache to maritime exploration, the contributors collectively provide a rich source for historians, geographers, and anyone interested in the history of voyage and travel." (dj) Contributors are: Daniel A. Baugh, Glyndwr Williams, Seymour Chapin, Charles L. Batten, Jr., Derek Howse, and John O. Sands.
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