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True yankees : the South Seas and the discovery of American identity
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- Creator
- Dane A. Morrison
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014
- Physical Details
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- xxii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1421415429, 1421415437, 9781421415437, 9781421415420
- OCLC
- ocn902702227, ocn885312731, ocn899212334
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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 -- The second generation: Harriett Low in Manila and Macao, 1829-1834 ; Robert Bennet Forbes and the First Opium War, 1839-1840
Subjects
- National characteristics, American -- History.
- Ship captains -- United States -- History.
- Merchant mariners -- United States -- History.
- Travelers' writings, American -- History and criticism.
- Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- American.
- South Atlantic Ocean -- Discovery and exploration -- American.