From Maps to Metaphors: The Pacific World of George Vancouver

Abstract

Illustrations and Maps Acknowledgments How the Squamish Remember George Vancouver / Louis Miranda and Philip Joe Introduction / Robin Fisher and Hugh Johnston 1. James Cook and the European Discovery of Polynesia / Ben Finney 2. Myth and Reality: The Theoretical Geography of Northwest America from Cook to Vancouver / Glyndwr Williams 3. Vancouver's Survey Methods and Surveys / Andrew David 4. Vancouver's Chronometers / Alun C. Davies 5. A Notable Absence: The Lateness and Lameness of Russian Discovery and Exploration in the North Pacific, 1639-1803 / James R. Gibson 6. Nootka Sound and the Beginnings of Britain's Imperialism of Free Trade / Alan Frost 7. Seduction before Sovereignty: Spanish Efforts to Manipulate the Natives in Their Claims to the Northwest Coast / Christon I. Archer 8. Dangerous Liaisons: Maquinna, Quadra and Vancouver in Nootka Sound, 1790-1795 / Yvonne Marshall 9. Art and Exploration: The Responses of Northwest Coast Native Artists to Maritime Explorers and Fur Traders / Victoria Wyatt 10. Kidnapped: Tuki and Huru's Involuntary Visit to Norfolk Island in 1793 / Anne Salmond 11. Banks and Menzies: Evolution of a Journal / W. Kaye Lamb 12. The Intellectual Discovery and Exploration of Polynesia / K. R. Howe 13. The Burden of Terra Australis: Experiences of Real and Imagined Lands / David Mackay Appendices Vancouver's Instruments, Charts, and Drawings / Andrew David Notes Index Contributors