{"product_id":"from-maps-to-metaphors-9780774828154","title":"From Maps to Metaphors","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA successful edited collection is more than the sum of its chapters; as well as a set of fine separate discussions of disparate topics, \u003cem\u003eFrom Maps to Metaphors\u003c\/em\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003eWe 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 *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a solid work, and none of its chapters should be dismissed. The authors of \u003cem\u003eFrom Maps to Metaphors\u003c\/em\u003e 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrations and Maps\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow the Squamish Remember George Vancouver \/ \u003cem\u003eLouis Miranda and Philip Joe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \/ \u003cem\u003eRobin Fisher and Hugh Johnston\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 James Cook and the European Discovery of Polynesia \/ \u003cem\u003eBen Finney\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Myth and Reality: The Theoretical Geography of Northwest America from Cook to Vancouver \/ \u003cem\u003eGlyndwr Williams\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Vancouver’s Survey Methods and Surveys \/ \u003cem\u003eAndrew David\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Vancouver’s Chronometers \/ \u003cem\u003eAlun C. Davies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 A Notable Absence: The Lateness and Lameness of Russian Discovery and Exploration in the North Pacific, 1639-1803 \/ \u003cem\u003eJames R. Gibson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Nootka Sound and the Beginnings of Britain’s Imperialism of Free Trade \/ \u003cem\u003eAlan Frost\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Seduction before Sovereignty: Spanish Efforts to Manipulate the Natives in Their Claims to the Northwest Coast \/ \u003cem\u003eChriston I. Archer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Dangerous Liaisons: Maquinna, Quadra and Vancouver in Nootka Sound, 1790-1795 \/ \u003cem\u003eYvonne Marshall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Art and Exploration: The Responses of Northwest Coast Native Artists to Maritime Explorers and Fur Traders \/ \u003cem\u003eVictoria Wyatt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Kidnapped: Tuki and Huru's Involuntary Visit to Norfolk Island in 1793 \/ \u003cem\u003eAnne Salmond\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Banks and Menzies: Evolution of a Journal \/ \u003cem\u003eW. Kaye Lamb\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 The Intellectual Discovery and Exploration of Polynesia \/ \u003cem\u003eK. R. Howe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 The Burden of Terra Australis: Experiences of Real and Imagined Lands \/ \u003cem\u003eDavid Mackay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendices: Vancouver’s Instruments, Charts, and Drawings \/ \u003cem\u003eAndrew David\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404930785623,"sku":"9780774828154","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-maps-to-metaphors-9780774828154","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}