Science and Exploration in the Pacific
European Voyages to the Southern Oceans in the Eighteenth Century
Published on 17. December 1998
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-0-85115-721-4 (ISBN)
Description
The exploration of the Pacific in the eighteenth century by western Europeans has an enduring fascination for both specialists and a wider public. Within this field, Cook's voyages have a particular appeal: they include exciting elements of danger, scientific investigation, encounters between different cultures. The essays in this volume, the result of a conference held in 1997 by the National Maritime Museum and the Royal Society, take as their point of departure Cook's first voyage in the Endeavour (1768-71); they re-evaluate its political and social context, look at the expectations and outcomes of the event, and focus on the scientific and cultural issues emerging from this and subsequent Pacific voyages.
Dr MARGARETTE LINCOLN is Director of Research at the National Maritime Museum. Contributors: GLYNDWR WILLIAMS, ALAN FROST, JOHN GASCOIGNE, WAYNE ORCHISTON, DONALD C. CUTTER, NIGEL RIGBY, PETER GATHERCOLE, DAVID TURNBULL, HAROLD B. CARTER, NEIL RENNIE, ROD EDMOND, MARKMAN ELLIS, NEIL HEGARTY, JACKIE HUGGINS
Dr MARGARETTE LINCOLN is Director of Research at the National Maritime Museum. Contributors: GLYNDWR WILLIAMS, ALAN FROST, JOHN GASCOIGNE, WAYNE ORCHISTON, DONALD C. CUTTER, NIGEL RIGBY, PETER GATHERCOLE, DAVID TURNBULL, HAROLD B. CARTER, NEIL RENNIE, ROD EDMOND, MARKMAN ELLIS, NEIL HEGARTY, JACKIE HUGGINS
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Language
English
Place of publication
Woodbridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Cloth over boards
Illustrations
18 b/w. 3 line.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85115-721-4 (9780851157214)
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European Voyages to the Southern Oceans in the Eighteenth Century
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MARKMAN ELLIS is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies at Queen Mary University of London.
Content
`The Endeavour Voyage: A Coincidence of Motives'. - Glyndwr Williams
`Shaking off the Spanish Yoke: British Schemes to Revolutionise America, 1739-1807'. - Alan Frost
`Joseph Banks and the Expansion of Empire'. - John Gascoigne
`From the South Seas to the Sun: The Astronomy of Cook's Voyages'. - Wayne Orchiston
`Malaspina and the Shrinking Spanish Lake'. - Donald C Cutter
`The Politics and Pragmatics of Seaborne Plant Transportation, 1769-1805'. - Nigel Rigby
`Lord Sandwich's Collection of Polynesian Artefacts'. - Peter Gathercole
`Cook and Tupaia, a Tale of Cartographic Meconnaissance?'. - David Turnbull
`Note on the Drawings by an Unknown Artist from the Voyage of HMS Endeavour'. - Harold Carter
`The Point Venus Scene'. - Neil Rennie
`Translating Cultures: William Ellis and Missionary Writing'. - Rod S Edmond
`Tails of Wonder: Constructions of the Kangaroo in Late Eighteenth-Century Scientific Discourse'. - Markman Ellis
`Unruly Subjects: Sexuality, Science and Discipline in Eighteenth-Century Pacific Exploration'. - Neil Hegarty
`Cook and the New Anthropology'. - Jackie Huggins
`Shaking off the Spanish Yoke: British Schemes to Revolutionise America, 1739-1807'. - Alan Frost
`Joseph Banks and the Expansion of Empire'. - John Gascoigne
`From the South Seas to the Sun: The Astronomy of Cook's Voyages'. - Wayne Orchiston
`Malaspina and the Shrinking Spanish Lake'. - Donald C Cutter
`The Politics and Pragmatics of Seaborne Plant Transportation, 1769-1805'. - Nigel Rigby
`Lord Sandwich's Collection of Polynesian Artefacts'. - Peter Gathercole
`Cook and Tupaia, a Tale of Cartographic Meconnaissance?'. - David Turnbull
`Note on the Drawings by an Unknown Artist from the Voyage of HMS Endeavour'. - Harold Carter
`The Point Venus Scene'. - Neil Rennie
`Translating Cultures: William Ellis and Missionary Writing'. - Rod S Edmond
`Tails of Wonder: Constructions of the Kangaroo in Late Eighteenth-Century Scientific Discourse'. - Markman Ellis
`Unruly Subjects: Sexuality, Science and Discipline in Eighteenth-Century Pacific Exploration'. - Neil Hegarty
`Cook and the New Anthropology'. - Jackie Huggins