ARCTIC AMBITIONS: CAPTAIN COOK AND THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
Barnett, James K. (Editor); Nicandri, David L. (Editor), Inglis, Robin (Preface)
Language: English
Published by University of Washington Press, Anchorage, Seattle, 2015
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Bound in blue cloth covers with copper titles to the spine, this dated 2015 hardback first edition is VG, in VG dust jacket. 448pp, illustrated in colour and b/w photos and illustrations throughout, documenentin Cooks surveying of the northwest American coast in the hopes of finding the legendary Northwest Passage. Top and bottonm of spine rubbed, with a quarter inch closed tear at the top. Corners slightly bumped. Internally clean.
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- Title
- ARCTIC AMBITIONS: CAPTAIN COOK AND THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
- Author
- Barnett, James K. (Editor); Nicandri, David L. (Editor), Inglis, Robin (Preface)
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press, Anchorage, Seattle
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0295993995
- ISBN 13
- 9780295993997
- Edition
- First Edition
- Dimensions
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall, Landscape
Captain James Cook is justly famous for his explorations of the southern Pacific Ocean, but his contributions to the exploration of the northern Pacific and the Arctic are arguably equally significant. On his third and final great voyage, Cook surveyed the northwest American coast in the hopes of finding the legendary Northwest Passage. While dreams of such a passage proved illusory, Cook’s journey produced some of the finest charts, collections, and anthropological observations of his career, helped establish British relations with Russia, and opened the door to the hugely influential maritime fur trade.
Accompanying an exhibition of the same name, Arctic Ambitions: Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage sheds new light on Cook’s northern exploration. A collection of essays from an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars, the book uses artifacts, charts, and records of the encounters between Native peoples and explorers to tell the story of this remarkable voyage and its historical context. In addition to discussing Cook’s voyage itself, the book also provides new insights into Cook’s legacy and his influence on subsequent expeditions in the Pacific Northwest. Finally, the collection uses Cook’s voyage as a springboard to consider the promise and challenge of the “new north” today, demonstrating that it remains, as in Cook’s time, a unique meeting place of powerful political, cultural, economic, and environmental forces.
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About the Author
James K. Barnett is the author of Captain Cook in Alaska and the North Pacific and coeditor of Enlightenment and Exploration in the North Pacific, 1741-1805. David L. Nicandri is the author of River of Promise: Lewis and Clark on the Columbia and the former director of the Washington State Historical Society.
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