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Tables of Contents for Enlightenment and Exploration in the North Pacific 1741-1805
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
4
Introduction
xi
Alaska and the North Pacific: A Crossroads of Empires
3
22
James K. Barnett
PART 1: MOTIVES AND OBJECTIVES
25
54
Spain's Role in Pacific Exploration during the Age of Enlightenment
25
13
Iris H. W. Engstrand
George Vancouver, the Admiralty, and Exploration
38
11
Glyndwr Williams
Laperouse 1786: A French Naval Visit to Alaska
49
16
Robin Inglis
Ethnology in the Enlightenment: The Voyage of Alejandro Malaspina in the Pacific
65
14
Phyllis S. Herda
PART 2: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
79
70
The Health of Mariners: Vancouver's Achievement
79
9
John M. Naish
The Evolution of Shipbuilding in the Eighteenth Century
88
15
John Kendrick
Testing a New Technology: Vancouver's Survey and Navigation in Alaskan Waters, 1794
103
13
Alun C. Davies
From Cook to Vancouver: The British Contribution to the Cartography of Alaska
116
16
Andrew David
Russian Mapping of the North Pacific to 1792
132
17
Carol Urness
PART 3: OUTCOMES AND CONSEQUENCES
149
62
Vancouver: Cautious Collector
149
12
J. C. H. King
Images of Native Alaskans in the Work of Explorer Artists
161
15
Kesler E. Woodward
The Publication and Readership of Voyage Journals in the Age of Vancouver, 1730-1830
176
11
Anthony Payne
Efforts at Humane Engagement: Indian-Spanish Encounters in Bucareli Bay, 1779
187
11
Stephen J. Langdon
George Vancouver and the Native Peoples of the Northwest Coast
198
13
Robin Fisher
Contributors
211
2
Index
213