North American Exploration, Volume 2: A Continent Defined

Allen, John Logan (ed.)

ISBN 10: 080321023X / ISBN 13: 9780803210233

Published by University of Nebraska Press, 1997

About this Item

Crisp and unmarked. Quarter cloth binding. 472pp. Very nice jacket in a protective mylar cover. This second volume includes the exploration of North America from the Spanish entrada of the sixteenth century to the British and Russian explorations of the Pacific coastal regions at the end of the eighteenth century a time during which North America was largely defined and understood in terms of advancing scientific viewpoints during the European Enlightenment. Discovery gave way to Exploration and supposition to understanding. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: North American Exploration, Volume 2: A Continent Defined
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080321023X
• ISBN 13: 9780803210233
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Travel Writing

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Synopsis

The three volumes of North American Exploration appraise the full scope of the exploration of the North American continent and its oceanic margins from prior to the arrival of Columbus until the end of the nineteenth century. More than an assessment of historical events, these volumes portray the process of exploration. Without forgetting the romance of discovery, the authors recognize that exploration encompasses a great deal more than the adventures themselves. All explorers are conditioned by the time, place, and circumstances of their efforts; these determine objectives, the behavior of explorers, and the consequences of their discoveries. The second volume includes the exploration of North America from the Spanish entrada of the sixteenth century to the British and Russian explorations of the Pacific coastal regions at the end of the eighteenth century―a time during which North America was largely defined and understood in terms of advancing scientific viewpoints during the European Enlightenment. Discovery gave way to Exploration and supposition to understanding.

About the Author

John Logan Allen is a professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of Passage Through the Garden: Lewis and Clark and the Image of the American Northwest.