Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations and Maps vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. How the Squamish Remember George Vancouver 3
6. Introduction 6
7. James Cook and the European Discovery of Polynesia 19
8. Myth and Reality: The Theoretical Geography of Northwest America from Cook to Vancouver 35
9. Vancouver’s Survey Methods and Surveys 51
10. Vancouver’s Chronometers 70
11. A Notable Absence: The Lateness and Lameness of Russian Discovery and Exploration in the North Pacific, 1639–1803 85
12. Nootka Sound and the Beginnings of Britain’s Imperialism of Free Trade 104
13. Seduction before Sovereignty: Spanish Efforts to Manipulate the Natives in Their Claims to the Northwest Coast 127
14. Dangerous Liaisons: Maquinna, Quadra, and Vancouver in Nootka Sound, 1790–5 160
15. Art and Exploration: The Responses of Northwest Coast Native Artists to Maritime Explorers and Fur Traders 176
16. Kidnapped: Tuki and Hurl’s Involuntary Visit to Norfolk Island in 1793 191
17. Banks and Menzies: Evolution of a Journal 227
18. The Intellectual Discovery and Exploration of Polynesia 245
19. The Burden of Terra Australis: Experiences of Real and Imagined Lands 263
20. Appendices: Vancouver’s Instruments, Charts, and Drawings 291
21. Notes 299
22. Index 339
23. Contributors 355