All Species of Knowledge : A Voyage of Discovery, Failure, and Natural History in the Pacific Ocean.

An engaging history of a three year voyage that set off to find the Northwest Passage but instead returned to Europe with extraordinary findings about species, Indigenous-produced knowledge of the Pacific world, and the people and nature of the Pacific, All Species of Knowledge reveals the shipboard...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Igler, David
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
An engaging history of a three year voyage that set off to find the Northwest Passage but instead returned to Europe with extraordinary findings about species, Indigenous-produced knowledge of the Pacific world, and the people and nature of the Pacific, All Species of Knowledge reveals the shipboard production of knowledge in the early nineteenth century and the way it circulated throughout Europe.
Umfang:
1 online resource (273 pages)
ISBN:
0-19-777769-4
0-19-777770-8
0-19-777771-6
9780197777695
Schlagworte:
Kotzebue, Otto von, > 1787-1846 > Travel.
Chamisso, Adelbert von, > 1781-1838 > Travel.
Choris, Louis, > 1795-1828 > Travel.
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