Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations viii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction xi
6. Spaces of European Exploration
7. Introduction 3
8. Captain Cook, the Enlightenment, and Symbolic Violence 6
9. Successful Intercourse Was Had with the Natives? 17
10. Captain Cook and the Spaces of Contact at Nootka Sound 30
11. Cook Books 50
12. Histories, Genealogies, and Spaces of the Other 63
13. Geographies of Capital
14. Introduction 69
15. The Conflictual Economy of Truth of the Maritime Fur Trade 73
16. Native Power and Commercial Contact at Nootka Sound 98
17. The Spatial Politics of Exchange at Clayoquot Sound 131
18. Regional Geographies of Accommodation and Appropriation 150
19. Circulating Knowledge and Power
20. Introduction 165
21. The Ledger, the Map, and British Imperial Vision 168
22. Circumscribing Vancouver Island 190
23. Delineating the Oregon Territory 205
24. Mythical Localities 224
25. Conclusion: The Loss of Locality 233
26. Notes 243
27. Bibliography 301
28. Index 322