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Book Search for the Northwest Passage

Download or read book Search for the Northwest Passage written by Alan Edwin Day and published by New York : Garland Pub.. This book was released on 1986 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 5160 entries organized chronologically by expedition, with sections on encyclopaedic works, maps, atlases, anthologies, biographies, etc.

Book Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Northwest Passage

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Northwest Passage written by Alan Day and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2006-01-03 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Northwest Passage was repeatedly sought for over four centuries. From the first attempt in the late 15th century to Roald Amundsen's famous voyage of 1903-1906 where the feat was first accomplished to expeditions in the late 1940s by the Mounties to discover an even more northern route, author Alan Day covers all aspects of the ongoing quest that excited the imagination of the world. This compendium of explorers, navigators, and expeditions tackles this broad topic with a convenient, but extensive cross-referenced dictionary. A chronology traces the long succession of treks to find the passage, the introduction helps explain what motivated them, and the bibliography provides a means for those wishing to discover more information on this exciting subject.

Book British Colonial Theories 1570     1850

Download or read book British Colonial Theories 1570 1850 written by Klause E. Knorr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1944, this volume covers the period of the old Empire and of the readjustments of the second Empire which followed the failure of the old after the revolt of the American colonies, ending with the emergence of free trade, and is significant to the history of the American colonies and of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Its purpose is to present and examine significant British colonial theories on the advantages and disadvantages resulting to the mother country from the establishment and maintenance of overseas colonies. This study is interested not in persons but in ideas and divides itself into chronological periods within which arguments and theories are discussed on the basis of topical classifications. For what reasons, the author asks, was the building and preservation of Empire thought profitable or unprofitable to the British nation?

Book The Quest for the Northwest Passage

Download or read book The Quest for the Northwest Passage written by Frédéric Regard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays trace the history of the British search for the Northwest Passage – the Arctic sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans – from the early modern era to the start of the nineteenth century.

Book Henry Hudson

    Book Details:
  • Author : Josepha Sherman
  • Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
  • Release : 2002-12-15
  • ISBN : 9780823936205
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Henry Hudson written by Josepha Sherman and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2002-12-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlines the events of this English explorer's famous Arctic journeys and his search for the Northwest Passage to Asia.

Book The Jolliet Marquette Expedition 1673

Download or read book The Jolliet Marquette Expedition 1673 written by Francis Borgia Steck and published by Quincy, Ill. : Franciscan Fathers. This book was released on 1928 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The British Search for the Northwest Passage in the Eighteenth Century

Download or read book The British Search for the Northwest Passage in the Eighteenth Century written by Glyndwr Williams and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on extensive archival research, this groundbreaking study chronicles the efforts of British explorers to find a navigable route through the Arctic waters of Canada's Northwest Passage in the 18th century. With vivid descriptions and insightful analysis, this book sheds new light on a pivotal period in the history of polar exploration. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Sir Francis Drake s Voyage Around the World

Download or read book Sir Francis Drake s Voyage Around the World written by Henry Raup Wagner and published by San Francisco, Calif. : J. Howell. This book was released on 1926 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Eye of the Crown

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  • Author : Kristin M.S. Bezio
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Release : 2022-08-19
  • ISBN : 1000640280
  • Pages : 273 pages

Download or read book The Eye of the Crown written by Kristin M.S. Bezio and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-08-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume discusses the development of governmental proto-bureaucracy, which led to and was influenced by the inclusion of professional agents and spies in the early modern English government. In the government’s attempts to control religious practices, wage war, and expand their mercantile reach both east and west, spies and agents became essential figures of empire, but their presence also fundamentally altered the old hierarchies of class and power. The job of the spy or agent required fluidity of role, the adoption of disguise and alias, and education, all elements that contributed to the ideological breakdown of social and class barriers. The volume argues that the inclusion of the lower classes (commoners, merchants, messengers, and couriers) in the machinery of government ultimately contributed to the creation of governmental proto-bureaucracy. The importance and significance of these spies is demonstrated through the use of statistical social network analysis, analyzing social network maps and statistics to discuss the prominence of particular figures within the network and the overall shape and dynamics of the evolving Elizabethan secret service. The Eye of the Crown is a useful resource for students and scholars interested in government, espionage, social hierarchy, and imperial power in Elizabethan England.

Book Arctic Explorers

    Book Details:
  • Author : Frances Hern
  • Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
  • Release : 2011-02-01
  • ISBN : 1926936132
  • Pages : 146 pages

Download or read book Arctic Explorers written by Frances Hern and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no saga in Canadian history as full of hardship, catastrophe and mystery as the search for the Northwest Passage. Since the 15th century, the ice-choked Arctic waterway has been sought and travelled by daring men seeking profit, glory or a chance to test themselves against the merciless North. Frances Hern takes us aboard ships with the explorers whose names are memorialized on modern maps of northern Canada: Martin Frobisher, daring privateer in the service of Elizabeth I; Henry Hudson, a navigator who may have driven his crew to mutiny; John Franklin, whose last voyage became an enduring northern mystery; the talented Orkneyman John Rae, a surgeon and surveyor on the trail of Franklin. Also vividly recounted are the gruelling overland treks of Samuel Hearne; the heroic exploits of Roald Amundsen, leader of the first expedition to traverse the passage; and the incredible voyages of Henry Larsen, captain of the RCMP vessel St. Roch.

Book The Search for the Northwest Passage

Download or read book The Search for the Northwest Passage written by Nellis Maynard Crouse and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies the history of the search for the Northwest Passage including voyages by Ross, Buchan, Parry, Franklin, McClure and Amundsen.

Book British Colonial Theories  1570 1850

Download or read book British Colonial Theories 1570 1850 written by Klaus Knorr and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Proceedings of Commencement

Download or read book Proceedings of Commencement written by University of Pennsylvania and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: