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The great South Sea : English voyages and encounters, 1570-1750
- Title
- The great South Sea : English voyages and encounters, 1570-1750 / Glyndwr Williams.
- Author
- Williams, Glyndwr.
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | D20 .W717 1997 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xv, 300 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-285) and index.
- Contents
- Documents: Abbreviations and Locations -- Introduction: El Mar del Sur: The Spanish Lake -- Ch. I. 'The World Encompassed': Drake and his Successors -- Ch. II. Geographical Enigmas and Literary Utopias -- Ch. III. 'They Were Not Come Out to Go upon Discovery': Buccaneers and Interlopers in the South Sea -- Ch. IV. 'I Speak as to the Compass of my Own Knowledge': Dampier's Explorations and Writings -- Ch. V. The 'Cruising Voyages' of Dampier and Rogers -- Ch. VI. 'A Gross, Palpable Illusion': The Founding of the South Sea Company -- Ch. VII. The Age of the Bubble (1): Castaways and Projectors -- Ch. VIII. The Age of the Bubble (2): Voyages Real and Fictitious -- Ch. IX. 'Our Second Drake': Anson's Circumnavigation -- Ch. X. Widening Horizons.
- ISBN
- 0300072449
- LCCN
- 97018028
- OCLC
- 37187373
- ocm37187373
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries