Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 1 Jeremiah Reynolds and the Empire of Knowledge 11
5. Chapter 2 The United States Exploring Expedition as Jacksonian Capitalism 43
6. Chapter 3 The United States Exploring Expedition in Popular Culture 75
7. Chapter 4 The Dead Sea Expedition and the Empire of Faith 106
8. Chapter 5 Proslavery Explorations of South America 140
9. Chapter 6 Arctic Exploration and US– UK Rapprochement 170
10. Epilogue 204
11. Acknowledgments 213
12. Notes 217
13. Index 287