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Book SynopsisNow available in paperback for the first time, From Maps to Metaphors, the classic on Vancouver's voyage, illuminates the European and Native experience of the “discovery” of the Pacific coast.
Trade ReviewA successful edited collection is more than the sum of its chapters; as well as a set of fine separate discussions of disparate topics,
From Maps to Metaphors is a model of contemporary scholarship, with its foregrounded, self-conscious awareness of the location of scholars and their sources in time and place, as well as in personal and cultural experiences. -- Margaret Anderson, University of Northern British Columbia Book Corner
We are indebted to the editors and UBC Press for publishing these excellent papers from the Vancouver conference for the conference brought together superlative scholars on Vancouver which attracted conference participants from all over the world. It must have been difficult to choose the papers that make up this volume. -- Maurice Hodgson * B.C. Historical News *
This is a solid work, and none of its chapters should be dismissed. The authors of
From Maps to Metaphors succeed in their attempts to illustrate multiple perspectives regarding the onset of the colonial presence in the Pacific. -- Douglas Deur * Annals of the Association of American Geographers *
Table of ContentsIllustrations 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
