03203nam 2200637Ia 450 991078374650332120230912140112.00-7748-5156-210.59962/9780774851565(CKB)1000000000246752(OCoLC)166335041(CaPaEBR)ebrary10113904(SSID)ssj0000281545(PQKBManifestationID)11259595(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281545(PQKBWorkID)10306118(PQKB)11310308(Au-PeEL)EBL3412064(CaPaEBR)ebr10113904(CaONFJC)MIL490033(OCoLC)843338485(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/03h2d3(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/404285(MiAaPQ)EBC3412064(MiAaPQ)EBC3242647(DE-B1597)661561(DE-B1597)9780774851565(EXLCZ)99100000000024675220050316d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLongitude and empire[electronic resource] how Captain Cook's voyages changed the world /Brian W. RichardsonVancouver UBC Pressc20051 online resource (256 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-299-58783-6 0-7748-1189-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introductions -- Points -- Shapes -- Nations -- States -- Collections -- Empires -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexBefore Captain Cook's three voyages, to Europeans the globe was uncertain and dangerous; after, it was comprehensible and ordered. Written as a conceptual field guide to the voyages, Longitude and Empire offers a significant rereading of both the expeditions and modern political philosophy. More than any other work, printed accounts of the voyages marked the shift from early modern to modern ways of looking at the world. The globe was no longer divided between Europeans and savages but populated instead by an almost overwhelming variety of national identities. Cook's voyages took the fragmented and obscure global descriptions available at the time and consolidated them into a single, comprehensive textual vision. Locations became fixed on the map and the people, animals, plants, and artifacts associated with them were identified, collected, understood, and assimilated into a world order. This fascinating account offers a new understanding of Captain Cook's voyages and how they affected the European world view.Discoveries in geographyVoyages around the worldHistory18th centuryDiscoveries in geography.Voyages around the worldHistory910/.92Richardson Brian William1966-1552944MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783746503321Longitude and empire3813105UNINA