Autor: Glyndwr Williams

Essays reassess Cook’s standing as a leading figure in eighteenth-century history, exploration and the advancement of science. In the more than two hundred years since his death, Cook’s reputatio …

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First Published in 1980. The dynamism within the American colonies in the fifty years or so before the outbreak of the crisis of the 1760s that was to lead to the Revolution has never been in doubt. …

First Published in 1980. The dynamism within the American colonies in the fifty years or so before the outbreak of the crisis of the 1760s that was to lead to the Revolution has never been in doubt. …

Among the voyages of exploration and surveying in the late 18th century, that of Alejandro Malaspina best represents the high ideals and scientific interests of the Enlightenment. Italian-born, …

Among the voyages of exploration and surveying in the late 18th century, that of Alejandro Malaspina best represents the high ideals and scientific interests of the Enlightenment. Italian-born, …

Buccaneers, Explorers and Settlers studies how during ‘the long 18th century’ British incursions into the Pacific transformed Europe’s knowledge of that great ocean. Buccaneers devastated Spanish …

Buccaneers, Explorers and Settlers studies how during ‘the long 18th century’ British incursions into the Pacific transformed Europe’s knowledge of that great ocean. Buccaneers devastated Spanish …