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Author:
Morrison, Dane Anthony.
Title:
True yankees : sea captains, the South Seas, and the discovery of American identity / by Dane A. Morrison.
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
xxii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
National characteristics, American--History.
Ship captains--United States--History.
Merchant mariners--United States--History.
Oceania--American.--American.
South Atlantic Ocean Region--American.--American.
Travelers' writings, American--History and criticism.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN:
1421415429 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781421415420 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)885312731
LCCN:
2014008716
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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