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Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver by Stephen R. Bown

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

Stephen R. Bown

272 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous slow-paced
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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...

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