Writing Geographical Exploration: Thomas James and the Northwest Passage, 1631-33

by Wayne Kenneth David Davies

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552380629
• ISBN13: 9781552380628
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: University of Calgary Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 2.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.2" x 10.2"