Format:
1 Online-Ressource (228 p.)
ISBN:
9780520311053
,
0520311051
Series Statement:
UC Press voices revived v.11
Content:
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 coll
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520357594
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Howse, Derek Background to Discovery Berkeley : University of California Press,c2022 ISBN 9780520357594
Language:
English
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