The Quest for the Northwest Passage by Frdric Regard - 9781848932708

Taylor & Francis

These essays trace the history of the British search for the Northwest Passage \u2013 the Arctic sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans \u2013 from the early modern era to the start of the nineteenth century. > These essays trace the history of the British search for the Northwest Passage \u2013 the Arctic sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans \u2013 from the early modern era to the start of the nineteenth century. > Introduction: The Northwest Passage and the Imperial Project: History, Ideology, Myth, Sophie Lemercier-Goddard, Fr\u00E9d\u00E9ric Regard; Chapter 1 Arctics of Empire: The North in Principal Navigations (1598\u20131600), Mary C. Fuller; Chapter 2 From Myth to Appropriation: English Discourses on the Strait of Anian (1566\u20131628), Ladan Niayesh; Chapter 3 \u2018Not Now Believed\u2019: The Textual Fate of the Baffin and Bylot Expeditions (1615\u201316), Catherine B\u00E9casse; Chapter 4 George Best\u2019s Arctic Mirrors: A True Discou;