The Quest for the Northwest Passage: Knowledge, Nation and Empire, 1576-1806 (Empires in Perspective)

Frédéric Regard (Editor)

$62.95

Publication Date: January 21st, 2016

Publisher:

Routledge

ISBN:

9781138661820

Pages:

208

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Description

These essays trace the history of the British search for the Northwest Passage - the Arctic sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans - from the early modern era to the start of the nineteenth century.

The Quest for the Northwest Passage: Knowledge, Nation and Empire, 1576-1806 (Empires in Perspective)

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The Seven Years' War and Slavery in the Caribbean: Serving the King (Empires in Perspective)

A History of Italian Colonialism 1900-1934 (Empires in Perspective)

Imperial Powers and Humanitarian Interventions: The Zanzibar Sultanate, Britain, and France in the Indian Ocean, 1862-1905 (Empires in Perspective)

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Secularism, Islam and Education in India, 1830-1910 (Empires in Perspective)

Baudin, Napoleon and the Exploration of Australia (Empires in Perspective)

A Wider Patriotism: Alfred Milner and the British Empire (Empires in Perspective)

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India in the French Imagination: Peripheral Voices, 1754-1815 (Empires in Perspective)

Natural Science and the Origins of the British Empire (Empires in Perspective)

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