Glyndwr Williams, State & Local, Essays, Travel, Pacific Ocean, Discovery and exploration, Pacific Area, History, 18th century 

A new interest in European maritime exploration was aroused with the publication of the first volume of J.C. Beaglehole's edition of The Journals of Captain James Cook in 1955. In the forty-odd years since then, our knowledge of this exploration -- and of the imperialism of which it was a part -- has expanded enormously. We now recognise that the scientific endeavours, once seen as disinterested manifestations of the Enlightenment, actually had both strategic and commercial implications. And today much greater emphasis is given to the meanings of early encounters for both the Natives of the Pacific islands and the Strangers from the European world.  

Part 1, Explorations, Imperial and Scientific Ventures -- 'To make Discoveries of Countries Hitherto Unknown' : The Admirality and Pacific Exploration in the Eighteenth Century / Glyndwr Williams -- The Spanish Yoke : British Schemes to Revolutionise Spanish America, 1739-1807 / Alan Frost -- Alexander Dalrymple and the Hydrographic Office : / Andrew Cook -- An Empire of Science : The Voyage of HMS Herland, 1845-1851 / Jane Samson -- John Lort Stokes and the New Zealand Survey, 1848-1851 / R.J.B. Knight -- A Warrant Officer in the Arctic : The Journal of George ford, 1850-1854 / William Barr -- Part 2, Encounters and Transformations -- The Hegemony of Laughter : Purea's Theatre / Greg Denning -- Vancouver's Vision of Native Poples : The Northwest Coast and Hawai'i / Robin Fisher -- Whose Scourge? : Smallpox Epidemics on the Northwest Coast / Christon I. Archer -- The Career of William Ellis : British Missions, the Pacific, and the American Connection / Andrew Porter -- Colonised Lives : The Native Wives and Daughters of Five Founding families of Victoria / Sylvia Van Kirk -- Part 3, reflections -- The Great Map of Mankind : The British Encounter with India / P.J. Mashall -- Exploring the Pacific, Exploring James Cook / David Mackay.  

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Item donated by Graham Price.