On the Edge —— Mapping North America's Coasts

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ISBN: 9780199744046 出版年：2015 页码：264 Dunlap, Thomas R Oxford University Press

1. The urge to discover lands and make maps Part I: THE PROJECT BEGINS 2. Earliest ventures to the Northwest Passage: John Cabot and others Part II: 1576-1632 3. Sailors and sailing in the sixteenth century. 4. Martin Frobisher succumbs to gold fever 5. John Davis makes a near miss 6. Henry Hudson has a very bad day 7. Further efforts probe the east coasts Part III: 1719-1789 8. From the Pacific and through the tundra Part IV: 1822-1878 9. John Franklin's expedition fails, but opens the door to success 10. The Franklin searchers almost finish the map 11. Finding the North Pole Part V: FINISHING THE PROJECT 12. Amundsen sails through Endnotes Bibliography Index