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True yankees : sea captains, the South Seas, and the discovery of American identity / by Dane A. Morrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morrison, Dane Anthony.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National characteristics, American--History.
- National characteristics, American.
- History.
- Ship captains--United States--History.
- Ship captains.
- Merchant mariners--United States--History.
- Merchant mariners.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Oceania--Discovery and exploration--American.
- Oceania.
- South Atlantic Ocean Region--Discovery and exploration--American.
- South Atlantic Ocean Region.
- Travelers' writings, American--History and criticism.
- Travelers' writings, American.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- Part I. The first generation
- Samuel Shaw's polite reception, 1784-1794
- Amasa Delano opens the great South Sea, 1790-1820
- Edmund Fanning's "Voyages round the world," 1793-1834
- Part II. The second generation
- Harriett Low in Manila and Macao, 1829-1834
- Robert Bennet Forbes and the First Opium War, 1839-1840.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781421415420
- 1421415429
- OCLC:
- 885312731
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