Discovering nothing : in pursuit of an elusive Northwest Passage /

The many attempts by navigators to find a Northwest Passage via its Pacific portal all ended in failure. However, their discoveries spurred expansionist developments that would forever alter the landscape of North America. In Discovering Nothing, David L. Nicandri maps a cast of geographic visionari...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nicandri, David L., 1948- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Vancouver : UBC Press, [2024].
Subjects:	Northwest Passage > History. Northwest Passage > Discovery and exploration > British. Explorers > Great Britain > History. SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography.

Table of Contents:

Reinventing the Northwest Passage
Dalrymple's Revenge?
Mackenzie Solves Pond's Puzzle
John Meares and the Nootka Aff air
Correcting Cook? The True Origin of the Vancouver Expedition
Vancouver's Maze
Defining the Labyrinth, Cook's Legacy, and the Delusion of the Northwest Passage
The American Response: The Lewis and Clark Expedition as Diplomatic History
Following in the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark
The Canadian Dream
The Artic Quest Redux.