Pacific Exploration

Author : Geoffrey Irwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521476518

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The Prehistoric Exploration and Colonisation of the Pacific by Geoffrey Irwin Pdf

The exploration and colonisation of the Pacific is a remarkable episode of human prehistory. Early sea-going explorers had no prior knowledge of Pacific geography, no documents to record their route, no metal, no instruments for measuring time and none for exploration. Forty years of modern archaeology, experimental voyages in rafts, and computer simulations of voyages have produced an enormous range of literature on this controversial and mysterious subject. This book represents a major advance in knowledge of the settlement of the Pacific by suggesting that exploration was rapid and purposeful, undertaken systematically, and that navigation methods progressively improved. Using an innovative model to establish a detailed theory of navigation, Geoffrey Irwin claims that rather than sailing randomly downwind in search of the unknown, Pacific Islanders expanded settlement by the cautious strategy of exploring upwind, so as to ease their safe return. The author has tested this hypothesis against the chronological data from archaeological investigation, with a computer simulation of demographic and exploration patterns and by sailing throughout the region himself.

Author : Nigel Rigby,Pieter van der Merwe,Glyn Williams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472957740

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Pacific Exploration by Nigel Rigby,Pieter van der Merwe,Glyn Williams Pdf

Captain Cook is generally acknowledged as the first great European scientific explorer. His voyage of exploration to the Pacific in HM bark Endeavour, commencing in 1768, lasted almost three years, recorded thousands of miles of uncharted lands and seas – including New Zealand, the east coast of Australia and many Pacific islands – and tested all Cook's skills as a navigator, seaman and leader. His voyages were among the first to take civilian scientists, notably Sir Joseph Banks, and they revealed to European eyes the mysterious and exotic lands, peoples, flora and fauna of the Pacific, never before seen. But while Cook understandably dominates the story of 18th-century Pacific exploration, the achievements of those who followed him on many voyages of science and exploration into the Pacific have been neglected and deprived of the greater attention they deserve. Correcting this imbalance, Pacific Exploration explores the European voyages that continued Cook's work not only of charting but also starting to exploit and control the Pacific. These voyages, by William Bligh, George Vancouver, Matthew Flinders, Malaspina, Lapérouse and Arthur Phillip, span a period that saw Britain becoming the world's leading maritime power, a situation well in place by the time that Charles Darwin's voyage in Fitzroy's Beagle laid the basis of even greater understanding of the development of life on earth. Recounting and illustrating these achievements and legacies using fascinating text and beautiful illustrations and artworks from the period, this book explores topics of scientific discovery, engagement with indigenous peoples, the use of shipboard artists and scientists, the growing professionalism of the hydrographic service, the vessels used and the colonial, commercial and imperial contexts of the voyages.

Author : Derek Howse
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520357594

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Background to Discovery by Derek Howse Pdf

Background to Discovery recounts the great voyages of discovery, from Dampier to Cook, that excited such fervent political and popular interest in eighteenth-century Europe. Perhaps this book's greatest strength lies in its remarkable synthesis of both the achievements of European maritime exploration and the political, economic, and scientific motives behind it. Writing essays on the literary and artistic response to the voyages as well, the contributors collectively provide a rich source for historians, geographers, and anyone interested in the history of voyage and travel. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.

Author : Margarette Lincoln
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0851158366

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Science and Exploration in the Pacific by Margarette Lincoln Pdf

This volume contains studies of scientific and cultural discoveries made on Cook's 1768-7 voyage to the South Sea in Endeavour, and issues emerging from this and successive Pacific voyages.

Author : Max Quanchi,John Robson
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810865280

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Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands by Max Quanchi,John Robson Pdf

The South Seas, as this region used to be called, conjured up images of adventure, belles and savages, romance and fabulous fortunes, but the long voyages of discovery and exploration of the vast Pacific Ocean were really an exercise in amazing logistics, navigation, hard grit, shipwreck and pure luck. The motivations were scientific and geographic, but at the same time nationalistic and materialistic. A series on global exploration and discovery would not be complete without this book by Quanchi and Robson. It is ambitious and informative and includes the familiar names of Laperouse, Bougainville, Cook and Dampier, as well as the intriguing stories of the Bounty Mutiny, scurvy, and the mysterious Northwest Passage, Terra Australis Ignotia and Davis Land. There are entries on first contacts, ships, navigational instruments, mapping, and botany. The scene is carefully set in the introduction, the chronology spans several centuries, and the extensive bibliography offers a guide to further reading. There are more than just dry facts in this book. It has a whiff of salt air, the clash of empires, cross-cultural beach encounters and personal adventure.

Author : Nigel Rigby,Pieter van der Merwe,Glyn Williams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472957719

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Pacific Exploration by Nigel Rigby,Pieter van der Merwe,Glyn Williams Pdf

Captain Cook is generally acknowledged as the first great European scientific explorer. His voyage of exploration to the Pacific in HM bark Endeavour, commencing in 1768, lasted almost three years, recorded thousands of miles of uncharted lands and seas – including New Zealand, the east coast of Australia and many Pacific islands – and tested all Cook's skills as a navigator, seaman and leader. His voyages were among the first to take civilian scientists, notably Sir Joseph Banks, and they revealed to European eyes the mysterious and exotic lands, peoples, flora and fauna of the Pacific, never before seen. But while Cook understandably dominates the story of 18th-century Pacific exploration, the achievements of those who followed him on many voyages of science and exploration into the Pacific have been neglected and deprived of the greater attention they deserve. Correcting this imbalance, Pacific Exploration explores the European voyages that continued Cook's work not only of charting but also starting to exploit and control the Pacific. These voyages, by William Bligh, George Vancouver, Matthew Flinders, Malaspina, Lapérouse and Arthur Phillip, span a period that saw Britain becoming the world's leading maritime power, a situation well in place by the time that Charles Darwin's voyage in Fitzroy's Beagle laid the basis of even greater understanding of the development of life on earth. Recounting and illustrating these achievements and legacies using fascinating text and beautiful illustrations and artworks from the period, this book explores topics of scientific discovery, engagement with indigenous peoples, the use of shipboard artists and scientists, the growing professionalism of the hydrographic service, the vessels used and the colonial, commercial and imperial contexts of the voyages.

Author : Lynne Withey
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1989-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520065642

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Voyages of Discovery by Lynne Withey Pdf

Makes use of recent scholarship in such disciplines as history, anthropology, art history, and literary criticism to place Captain James Cook in the broader context of Pacific exploration.

Author : Stephen W. Haycox,James K. Barnett,Caedmon Liburd
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295806853

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Enlightenment and Exploration in the North Pacific, 1741-1805 by Stephen W. Haycox,James K. Barnett,Caedmon Liburd Pdf

Saluting an era of adventure and knowledge seeking, fifteen original essays consider the motivations of European explorers of the Pacific, the science and technology of 18th-century exploration, and the significance of Spanish, French, and British voyages. Among the topics discussed are the quest by enlightenment scientists for new species of plant and animal life, and their fascination with Native cultures; advances in shipbuilding, navigation, medicine, and diet that made extended voyages possible; and the lasting significance of the explorers’ collections, artworks, and journals.

Author : Tony Ballantyne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351901819

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Science, Empire and the European Exploration of the Pacific by Tony Ballantyne Pdf

This collection of essays assesses the interrelationship between exploration, empire-building and science in the opening up of the Pacific Ocean by Europeans between the early 16th and mid-19th century. It explores both the role of various sciences in enabling European imperial projects in the region, and how the exploration of the Pacific in turn shaped emergent scientific disciplines and their claims to authority within Europe. Drawing on a range of disciplines (from the history of science to geography, imperial history to literary criticism), this volume examines the place of science in cross-cultural encounters, the history of cartography in Oceania, shifting understandings of race and cultural difference in the Pacific, and the place of ships, books and instruments in the culture of science. It reveals the exchanges and networks that connected British, French, Spanish and Russian scientific traditions, even in the midst of imperial competition, and the ways in which findings in diverse fields, from cartography to zoology, botany to anthropology, were disseminated and crafted into an increasingly coherent image of the Pacific, its resources, peoples, and histories. This is a significant body of scholarship that offers many important insights for anthropologists and geographers, as well as for historians of science and European imperialism.

Author : Max Quanchi,John Robson
Publisher : A to Z Guide Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Oceania
ISBN : 081086830X

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The A to Z of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands by Max Quanchi,John Robson Pdf

The long voyages of discovery and exploration of the vast Pacific Ocean were an exercise in logistics, navigation, hard grit, shipwreck and pure luck. The motivations were scientific and geographic, but at the same time nationalistic and materialistic. This ambitious and informative reference includes the familiar names of Laperouse, Bougainville, Cook and Dampier, as well as the intriguing stories of the Bounty Mutiny, scurvy, and the mysterious Northwest Passage, Terra Australis Ignotia and Davis Land. There are cross-referenced entries on first contacts, ships, navigational instruments, mapping, and botany. The scene is carefully set in the introduction, the chronology spans several centuries, and the extensive bibliography offers a guide to further reading.

Author : Facts On File, Incorporated
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography
ISBN : 9781438124759

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James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific by Facts On File, Incorporated Pdf

-- Biographies of some of the most important explorers the world has known -- Ideal for research or class use -- Written in accessible, easily understood language -- Complements school curriculum Cook earned his reputation as a great navigator for his three voyages exploring the Pacific Ocean.

Author : E. W. Nuffield
Publisher : Surrey, B.C. : Hancock House
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015021978088

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The Pacific Northwest by E. W. Nuffield Pdf

The discovery and early exploration by sea, land, and river of the Pacific Northwest. The great Fraser and Columbia river systems were and are the key to the Pacific Northwest. The race for early dominance over these rich fur-bearing routes pitted American sea captain Robert Gray against British navigator John Meares and land-and-river explorer David Thompson from Canada. Also chronicled in these pages are the extraordinary Lewis and Clark expeditions, the unbelievable continental trek of the Overlanders, the intimate stories of intrepid explorers Simon Fraser, Alexander Mackenzie - and many more.

Author : J. C. Beaglehole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Discoveries in geography
ISBN : 0804703116

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The Exploration of the Pacific by J. C. Beaglehole Pdf

Author : John Cawte Beaglehole
Publisher : London : Black
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Discoveries in geography
ISBN : 0713601841

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The Exploration of the Pacific by John Cawte Beaglehole Pdf

Author : Randi D. Rotjan,Diva Amon,William W. Chadwick,Stephen Hammond
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889666829

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Pacific Deep-Sea Discoveries: Geological and Biological Exploration, Patterns, and Processes by Randi D. Rotjan,Diva Amon,William W. Chadwick,Stephen Hammond Pdf