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The strange and dangerous voyage of Captaine Thomas James : a critical edition / edited by Colleen M. Franklin

Author
James, Thomas, 1593?-1635?
Additional Titles
Strange and dangerovs voyage of Captaine Thomas James
Published
Montreal [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2014]
Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014.
Copyright Date
©2014
Physical Description
1 online resource (cxxvi, 243 pages) : maps
Additional Creators
Franklin, Colleen M., 1957-
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Contents
Introduction to The Strange and Dangerous Voyage of Captaine Thomas James: A Critical Edition -- The Marvellous North of Medieval and Early Modern Europe -- The North of the New Philosophers -- Thomas James's North -- The First Edition of The Strange and Dangerous Voyage of Captaine Thomas James -- The Early Publication and Reception History of the Voyage -- The Voyage in the Eighteenth Century -- The Voyage in the Nineteenth Century -- Conclusion -- Notes to Introduction -- A Note on the Text -- The Strange and Dangerous Voyage of Captaine Thomas James (The edition reproduces the pagination of the first edition) -- Notes to The Strange and Dangerous Voyage of Captaine Thomas James -- Appendices. 1 Nautical Instruments, Terms, and Phrases -- 2 Persons and Places -- 3 Works by and about Thomas James.
Summary
A critical edition of the seventeenth-century exploration narrative that helped shape the representation of the Canadian north.
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ISBN
9780773589452 (electronic bk.)
0773589457 (electronic bk.)
9780773589469 (electronic bk.)
0773589465 (electronic bk.)
9780773541924
0773541926
Note
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Ottawa, 2004.
The strange and dangerous voyage of Captaine Thomas James was originally published in 1633. This edition reproduces the pagination of the first edition.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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