Voyages of delusion : the Northwest Passage in the age of reason /
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| Author / Creator: | Williams, Glyndwr, 1932- |
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| Imprint: | London : HarperCollins, 2002. |
| Description: | xx, 467 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4658927 |
Table of Contents:
- I. To Hudson Bay
- 1. Dead Man's Island: The Doomed Voyage of James Knight
- 2. A Passage to California
- 3. The Controversial Voyage of Christopher Middleton
- 4. The Maritime Philosopher's Stone
- 5. The Disputatious Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith
- 6. A Parliamentary Inquiry and its Aftermath
- 7. The Edge of a Frozen Sea
- II. The Pacific Approach
- 8. Maps, Hoaxes and Projects
- 9. The Puzzling Voyage of James Cook
- 10. Entering the Labyrinth
- 11. Last Hopes. App. I. Voyages of the Imagination.