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The Quest for the Northwest Passage: Knowledge, Nation and Empire, 1576–1806
Author(s): Frédéric Regard (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 1 Nov. 2012
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 200 pages
- ISBN-10: 1848932707
- ISBN-13: 9781848932708
Book Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
'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
About the Author
Frédéric Regard
