From Maps to Metaphors
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-0470-7 (ISBN)
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During the summers of 1792-94, George Vancouver and the crew of the British naval ships Discovery and Chatham mapped the northwest coast of North America from Baja California to Alaska. Taking the art and technique of distant voyaging to a new level, Vancouver eliminated the possibility of a northwest passage and his remarkably precise surveys completed the outline of the Pacific. But to map an area is to appropriate it – to begin to bring it under control – and Vancouver’s charts of the northwest coast were part of a process of economic exploitation and cultural disruption. The chapters in this illuminating book are written from a variety of perspectives and provide new insights on many aspects of Vancouver’s voyages, from the technology employed to the complex political and power relationships among European explorers and the Native leadership.
Robin Fisher is a historian and the former provost and vice president academic of Mount Royal University. He previously served as the dean of the College of Arts, Social and Health Sciences at the University of Northern British Columbia. He is the author of Vancouver's Voyage (1992); Contact and Conflict: Indian-European Relations in British Columbia, 1774-1890 (UBC Press 1974, 1992); and Duff Pattullo of British Columbia (1991), among other books. Hugh J.M. Johnston is an historian affiliated with Simon Fraser University. He is the author of several books including Jewels of the Qila: The Remarkable Story of an Indo-Canadian Family (UBC Press, 2011) and The Voyage of the Komagata Maru: The Sikh Challenge to Canada's Colour Bar (UBC Press, 1989).
Illustrations and Maps
Acknowledgments
How the Squamish Remember George Vancouver / Louis Miranda and Philip Joe
Introduction / Robin Fisher and Hugh Johnston
1 James Cook and the European Discovery of Polynesia / Ben Finney
2 Myth and Reality: The Theoretical Geography of Northwest America from Cook to Vancouver / Glyndwr Williams
3 Vancouver’s Survey Methods and Surveys / Andrew David
4 Vancouver’s Chronometers / Alun C. Davies
5 A Notable Absence: The Lateness and Lameness of Russian Discovery and Exploration in the North Pacific, 1639-1803 / James R. Gibson
6 Nootka Sound and the Beginnings of Britain’s Imperialism of Free Trade / Alan Frost
7 Seduction before Sovereignty: Spanish Efforts to Manipulate the Natives in Their Claims to the Northwest Coast / Christon I. Archer
8 Dangerous Liaisons: Maquinna, Quadra and Vancouver in Nootka Sound, 1790-1795 / Yvonne Marshall
9 Art and Exploration: The Responses of Northwest Coast Native Artists to Maritime Explorers and Fur Traders / Victoria Wyatt
10 Kidnapped: Tuki and Huru's Involuntary Visit to Norfolk Island in 1793 / Anne Salmond
11 Banks and Menzies: Evolution of a Journal / W. Kaye Lamb
12 The Intellectual Discovery and Exploration of Polynesia / K. R. Howe
13 The Burden of Terra Australis: Experiences of Real and Imagined Lands / David Mackay
Appendices: Vancouver’s Instruments, Charts, and Drawings / Andrew David
Notes
Index
Contributors
| Verlagsort | Vancouver |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 720 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7748-0470-X / 077480470X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7748-0470-7 / 9780774804707 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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