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True yankees : the South Seas and the discovery of American identity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morrison, Dane Anthony
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
Series:Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 131st ser., 1.
Subjects:
National characteristics, American > History.
Ship captains > United States > History.
Merchant mariners > United States > History.
Oceania > Discovery and exploration > American.
South Atlantic Ocean > Discovery and exploration > American.
Travelers' writings, American > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • The first generation: Samuel Shaw's polite reception, 1784-1794 ; Amasa Delano opens the great South Sea, 1790-1820 ; Edmund Fanning's "Voyages round the world," 1793-1834
  • The second generation: Harriett Low in Manila and Macao, 1829-1834 ; Robert Bennet Forbes and the First Opium War, 1839-1840.