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    Arctic ambitions : Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage / edited by James K. Barnett and David L. Nicandri ; preface by Robin Inglis.

    • Title:Arctic ambitions : Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage / edited by James K. Barnett and David L. Nicandri ; preface by Robin Inglis.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Barnett, James K., 1947- editor.
      Nicandri, David L., 1948- editor.
      Inglis, Robin, 1942- writer of preface.
    • Published/Created:Anchorage, Alaska : Anchorage Museum : Cook Inlet Historical Society ; Tacoma, Washington : Washington State History Museum ; Seattle : in association with University of Washington Press, [2015]
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Cook, James, 1728-1779.
      Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration.
      Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration.
    • Genre/Form: Essays.
    • Description:xvii, 429 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 23 x 28 cm
    • Summary:"Captain James Cook is justly famous for his explorations of the southern Pacific Ocean, but his contributions to the exploration of the northern Pacific and the Arctic are arguably equally significant. On his third and final great voyage, Cook surveyed the northwest American coast in the hopes of finding the legendary Northwest Passage. While dreams of such a passage proved illusory, Cook's journey produced some of the finest charts, collections, and anthropological observations of his career, helped establish British relations with Russia, and opened the door to the hugely influential maritime fur trade. Accompanying an exhibition of the same name, Arctic Ambitions: Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage sheds new light on Cook's northern exploration. A collection of essays from an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars, the book uses artifacts, charts, and records of the encounters between Native peoples and explorers to tell the story of this remarkable voyage and its historical context. In addition to discussing Cook's voyage itself, the book also provides new insights into Cook's legacy and his influence on subsequent expeditions in the Pacific Northwest. Finally, the collection uses Cook's voyage as a springboard to consider the promise and challenge of the "new north" today, demonstrating that it remains, as in Cook's time, a unique meeting place of powerful political, cultural, economic, and environmental forces."--Publisher's website.
    • Notes:"Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska; Cook Inlet Historical Society, Archorage, Alaska; Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, Washington."
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780295993997 hardcover alkaline paper
      0295993995 hardcover alkaline paper
    • Contents:Prologue : Three Comments on Cook's Third Voyage / Nicholas Thomas
      James Cook, Navigator and Explorer : The Pacific Experience, 1768-1776 / John Gascoigne
      James Cook and the Northwest Passage : Approaching the Third Voyage / Glyn Williams
      Setting the Stage : Spain in the Pacific and the Northern Voyages of the 1770s / Iris Engstrand
      From Russia with Charts : Cook and the Russians in the North Pacific / Evguenia Anichtchenko
      James Cook and the New Navigation / Richard Dunn
      A New Look at Cook : Reflections on Sand, Ice, and His Diligent Voyage to the Arctic Ocean / David L. Nicandri
      Encounters : View of the Indigenous People of Nootka Sound from the Cook Expedition Records / Richard Inglis
      The Cook Expedition and Russian Colonialism in Southern Alaska / Aron L. Crowell
      Gifting, Trading, Selling, Buying : Following Northwest Coast Treasures Acquired on Cook's Third Voyage to Collections around the World / Adrienne L. Kaeppler
      The International Law of Discovery : Acts of Possession on the Northwest Coast of North America / Robert J. Miller
      Cook on the Coasts of the North Pacific and Arctic America : The Cartographic Achievement / John Robson
      Narrating an Alaskan Cruise : Aspects of Cook's Journal (1778) and Douglas's Edition of A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1784) / I.S. MacLaren
      The End of the Northern Mystery : George Vancouver's Survey of the Northwest Coast / James K. Barnett
      From Discoveries to Sovereignties : The Imperial Scramble for Northwestern North America / Barry Gough
      The Continuing Quest : The Lure of the Northwest Passage in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / James P. Delgado
      Sea Ice in the Western Portal of the Northwest Passage from 1778 to the Twenty-first Century / Harry Stern
      Marine Navigation in the Arctic Ocean and the Northwest Passage / Lawson W. Brigham
      The Arctic in Focus : National Interests and International Cooperation / Gudrun Bucher and Robin Inglis.
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