Gale and the British Library
The Voyages of Captain Luke Foxe of Hull, and Captain Thomas James of Bristol, in Search of a North-West Passage, in 1631-32;
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University of Calgary Press
Writing Geographical Exploration: Thomas James and the Northwest Passage, 1631-33
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9781552380628
ISBN13:
9781552380628
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New
$63.49
Writing Geographical Exploration: Thomas James and the Northwest Passage, 1631-33
$63.49
Writing Geographical Exploration: Thomas James and the Northwest Passage, 1631-33 summarizes the various factors that influence the writing and interpretation of exploration narratives, demonstrating the limitations of the assumption that there is a direct relationship between what the explorer saw and what the text describes. Davies offers a revisionist evaluation of Captain Thomas James, who spent eighteen months in search of the Northwest Passage in the 1630s, to illustrate how modern textual analysis can enrich the appreciation of a traveller's account. Though James's work has been dismissed in the modern period, his work was highly regarded in previous centuries by scientist Robert Boyle and poet Samuel Coleridge. James was not a first-rank explorer, but he was an able navigator and leader, a perceptive scientific observer, and a master author who produced a thrilling tale of adventure that should occupy a more prominent place in exploration writing and history, literary theory, and post-modern geography.
| Author: Wayne K. D. Davies |
| Publisher: University of Calgary Press |
| Publication Date: Mar 30, 2004 |
| Number of Pages: 344 pages |
| Binding: Hardback or Cased Book |
| ISBN-10: 1552380629 |
| ISBN-13: 9781552380628 |
