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Encountering The Pacific In The Age Of Enlightenment

John Gascoigne · 2014

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Applies the themes of exploration, belief, wealth, and knowledge to British, French, Spanish, Dutch, and Russian voyagers in the Pacific, depicting the episodes that helped define the Enlightenment and its limitations in contact between European and Pacific peoples.

Book details

Year
2014
Language
English
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Editions
1
Pages
542
ISBN
9780521879590

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