Longitude and Empire

Informationen zum Autor Brian W. Richardson is a librarian at Windward Community College in Hawaii and is editing a collection of Hawaiian myths and legends. Klappentext This fascinating account offers a new understanding of Captain Cook s voyages and how they affected the European world view. Zusammenfassung This fascinating account offers a new understanding of Captain Cookâ™s voyages and how they affected the European world view. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsIllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductions / The Story / The Book / The Author1. Points / Rules of Exploration / Points along a Coast / The Coordinate System / Verification of Details / The Possibilities of Location2. Shapes / Grand Divisions / Extreme Places / The Oceanic Plane / Cook s Turn to Islands / Landscapes and Maps / The Move to Interiors3. Nations / The Orient, the Savage, and Europe The Primacy of Place / Studying Nations / Classifying Nations / Explaining Nations / The Savage, the Noble Savage, and the Nation4. States / Hobbes / Locke / Rousseau / The Scottish Enlightenment / The Native State in Cook s Voyages / Kant Finding and Creating the Territorial Nation-State5. Collections / The Cabinets of Curiosities / Collecting Nations / The Practices of the Collection / Boredom and the Collection / The Dangers of Relativism / The Persistence of Extreme Otherness / The Transcendence of the Collector6. Empires / Cook and Empire / Empire As Collection / Empire As Exchange / Empire As Cultivation / Empire As PanopticonConclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Autorentext
Brian W. Richardson is a librarian at Windward Community College in Hawaii and is editing a collection of Hawaiian myths and legends.

Klappentext
This fascinating account offers a new understanding of Captain Cook s voyages and how they affected the European world view.

Zusammenfassung
This fascinating account offers a new understanding of Captain Cookâ™s voyages and how they affected the European world view.

Inhalt
ContentsIllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductions / The Story / The Book / The Author1. Points / Rules of Exploration / Points along a Coast / The Coordinate System / Verification of Details / The Possibilities of Location2. Shapes / Grand Divisions / Extreme Places / The Oceanic Plane / Cook s Turn to Islands / Landscapes and Maps / The Move to Interiors3. Nations / The Orient, the Savage, and Europe  The Primacy of Place / Studying Nations / Classifying Nations / Explaining Nations / The Savage, the Noble Savage, and the Nation4. States / Hobbes / Locke / Rousseau / The Scottish Enlightenment / The Native State in Cook s Voyages / Kant Finding and Creating the Territorial Nation-State5. Collections / The Cabinets of Curiosities / Collecting Nations / The Practices of the Collection / Boredom and the Collection / The Dangers of Relativism / The Persistence of Extreme Otherness / The Transcendence of the Collector6. Empires / Cook and Empire / Empire As Collection / Empire As Exchange / Empire As Cultivation / Empire As PanopticonConclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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