A Cultural History of Exploration

Lauren Beck is the Canada Research Chair in Intercultural Encounter and Professor of Hispanic Studies at Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, Canada. Her books include Firsting in the Early Modern Transatlantic World (2019) and Visualizing the Text: From Manuscript Culture to Caricature (2017).

Volume 1: A Cultural History of Exploration in Antiquity
Edited by Daniela Dueck, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Series Preface, Lauren Beck
Introduction, Daniela Dueck
1. Technologies of Exploration, Pascal Arnaud
2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, Colin Adams
3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Serena Bianchetti
4. The Explored and their Explorations, Joseph Skinner
5. Verbalizing Exploration, Chiara Maria Mauro
6. Visualizing Exploration, Johannes Wietzke
7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, Paul Kosmin
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index

Volume 2: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Middle Ages
Edited by William D. Phillips, Jr., University of Minnesota, USA
Series Preface, Lauren Beck
Introduction, William D. Phillips, Jr.
1. Technologies of Exploration, Richard W. Unger
2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, William D. Phillips, Jr.
3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Marguerite Ragnow
4. The Explored and their Explorations, Magdalena Naum
5. Verbalizing Exploration, Kim M. Phillips
6. Visualizing Exploration, Christoph Mauntel
7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, Ivana Elbl
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index

Volume 3: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Early Modern Age
Edited by Lauren Beck, Mount Allison University, Canada
Series Preface, Lauren Beck
Introduction, Lauren Beck
1. Technologies of Exploration, Lauren Beck
2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, Lydia Towns
3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Carla Rahn Phillips
4. The Explored and their Explorations, Lauren Beck
5. Verbalizing Exploration, Gayle K. Brunelle
6. Visualizing Exploration, David Buisseret
7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, Dennis Reinhartz
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index

Volume 4: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Age of Expansion and Enlightenment
Edited by Gayle K. Brunelle, University of California, Fullerton, USA
Series Preface, Lauren Beck
Introduction, Gayle K. Brunelle
1. Technologies of Exploration, Katherine Parker
2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, Sandra Rebok
3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Carla Rahn Phillips
4. The Explored and their Explorations, Rainer F. Buschmann
5. Verbalizing Exploration, Douglas Catterall
6. Visualizing Exploration, Imogen Wegman
7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, John Gascoigne
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index

Volume 5: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Industrial Age
Edited by Jane Samson, University of Alberta, Canada
Series Preface, Lauren Beck
Introduction, Jane Samson
1. Technologies of Exploration, Paul D'Arcy
2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, Ed Armston-Sheret
3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Mylynka Kilgore Cardona
4. The Explored and their Explorations, Dane Kennedy
5. Verbalizing Exploration, Richard Weiner
6. Visualizing Exploration, Steffen Woell
7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, Rainer F. Buschmann
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index

Volume 6: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Modern Age
Edited by Martin Thomas, Australian National University, Australia
Series Preface, Lauren Beck
Introduction, Martin Thomas
1. Technologies of Exploration, Vanessa Heggie
2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, Alessandro Antonello
3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Elena Glasberg
4. The Explored and their Explorations, Michael F. Robinson
5. Verbalizing Exploration, Martin Thomas
6. Visualizing Exploration, Jeffrey Geiger
7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, Lauren Beck
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index