The Quest for the Northwest Passage: Knowledge, Nation and Empire, 1576–1806 - Empires in Perspective (Hardback)
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The Quest for the Northwest Passage: Knowledge, Nation and Empire, 1576–1806 - Empires in Perspective (Hardback)

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Hardback 208 Pages
Published: 01/11/2012
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These essays trace the history of the British search for the Northwest Passage – the Arctic sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans – from the early modern era to the start of the nineteenth century.

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN: 9781848932708
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 181 g
Dimensions: 234 x 156 mm


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'This volume brings together essays devoted almost exclusively to what Britons, and later Americans, wrote about their search... The essays here reward close reading.' Renaissance Quarterly

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