A Cultural History of Exploration in the Age of Expansion and Enlightenment Vol. 4 edited by Gayle K. Brunelle

Format:

Book

Contributor:

K. Brunelle, Gayle, editor.

Series:

Cultural histories series

The Cultural Histories Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization--History.

Civilization.

Discoveries in geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London Bloomsbury Academic 2024

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Global exploration during the eighteenth century involved not only European expansion into North and South America, polar exploration and the emergence of Australia and the Pacific islands, but also Japanese Edo-era and other Asian exploration of the world, including the Americas. It also encompassed increasing numbers of non-Europeans traveling to Europe and other regions unfamiliar to them, some voluntarily, but many others under constraint. In traditional historical narratives, exploration was considered intrinsic to the Enlightenment as a scientific project and was conducted, largely by European men, who were motivated by 'pure' curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge. More recent scholarship has enlarged the definition of what it means to 'explore,' and who 'explores.' It has also situated European scientific endeavor within a broader landscape of national rivalries and the acquisition of wealth, territory and power: European governments (but also other imperial powers such as the Ottomans and the Chinese) sponsored expeditions so as to be the first to discover information about 'unexplored' regions suitable for exploitation and colonization. This volume of A Cultural History of Exploration charts the shift to explore beyond the world's coastlines and into the great continental interiors. It draws out the connections between exploration and empire-building but goes further to examine exploration as a dual process in which explorers were also the subject of the scrutiny of those whose lands they visited and whose cultures they examined. In any era, exploration cannot be defined purely in terms of geography-it involves language, culture, materiality, and values, all of which change from one culture to the next. Drawing upon both visual and textual sources, this volume examines key cultural case studies on the themes of technologies of exploration; motivations and methodologies for exploration; ideal and idealized explorer typologies; the explored and their explorations; verbalizing exploration; visualizing exploration; and authority, finance, and exploration

Contents:

Series Preface, Lauren Beck Introduction, Gayle K. Brunelle 1. Technologies of Exploration, Katherine Parker 2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, Sandra Rebok 3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Carla Rahn Phillips 4. The Explored and their Explorations, Rainer F. Buschmann 5. Verbalizing Exploration, Douglas Catterall 6. Visualizing Exploration, Imogen Wegman 7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, John Gascoigne Bibliography Notes on contributors Index

ISBN:

9781350101067

OCLC:

1506197882