Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: the Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver

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COVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; PROLOGUE; PART ONE: SCIENCE AND DISCOVERY; { 1 } A HERO RETURNS; { 2 } WITH THE MASTER MARINER; { 3 } THE CHINA TRADE; PART TWO: THE GATHERING STORM; { 4 } IN THE CARIBBEAN; { 5 } THE NOOTKA SOUND INCIDENT; { 6 } DISCOVERY AND CHATHAM; PART THREE: AGENT OF EMPIRE; { 7 } THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD; { 8 } THE GREATEST MARINE SURVEY OF ALL TIME; { 9 } A MEETING OF MINDS; { 10 } AN END AND A BEGINNING; { 11 } HAWAII, ALASKA AND ILLNESS; PART FOUR: IN THE MOST FAITHFUL MANNER; { 12 } POWERFUL ENEMIES; { 13 } SOVEREIGNTY AND FATE; EPILOGUE; SOURCES.;From 1792 to 1795, George Vancouver sailed the Pacific as the captain of his own expedition -- and as an agent of imperial ambition. To map a place is to control it, and Britain had its eyes on America's Pacific coast. And map it Vancouver did. His voyage was one of history's greatest feats of maritime daring, discovery, and diplomacy, and his marine survey of Hawaii and the Pacific coast was at its time the most comprehensive ever undertaken. But just two years after returning to Britain, the 40-year-old Vancouver, hounded by critics, shamed by public humiliation at the fists of an aristocrati.