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An unforgettable voyage filled with delightful characters, dramatic encounters, and rich cultural details, this book heralds a moment of intellectual preparation for the modern global era. Harry Liebersohn examines the transformation of global knowledge during the great age of scientific exploration.

Table of Contents:
1 Travelers 15 Philibert Commerson-George Forster-Adelbert von Chamisso 2 Patrons 77 France-Great Britain-Russia-Germany 3 Collaborators 139 Ahutoru-Tupaia, Mai, Mahine-Elliot de Castro, Marin, Kadu- Ali'i and Kings-Kingship in Tahiti: The Pomares-Kingship in Hawaii: Kamehameha 4 Philosophers 186 Diderot and the Shock of Tahiti-Kant and George Forster- Wilhelm von Humboldt on Linguistic Diversity 5 Missions 225 Dumont d'Urville and the Triumph of Racial Science-Sex, Speech, and Prophecy in Tahiti-Native Missionaries, New Englanders, and Kapus in Hawaii-Science and Religion in Conflict 6 Darwin, Melville, and the End of a World 273 Darwin and the "More Cheerful View"-Melville and the Casket Ships

About the Author :
Harry Liebersohn is Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Review :
This book is well-written, interesting and creatively constructed and will serve as an important contribution for scholars interested in both colonialism and imperialism in addition to those working on travel, science, philosophy, Europeans abroad, non-Europeans in Europe and states' relations to these phenomena...The maps nicely show the sites travelers visited and the illustrations sprinkled throughout the text lend texture and flavor to the already fascinating subject matter. Liebersohn ultimately succeeds in portraying the production and procession of travel narratives as a series of networks. Germany and Germans were only mercurial ideas in this transitional hundred-year period, but this uncertain vision contributes to further understanding of the instability of structures that were later imagined as fixed, permanent and static, such as nation-states, science, knowledge and European global power. -- Nathaniel P. Weston H-Net 20070201 This book is timely, for it addresses, though not intentionally, aspects of globalization that invite the wringing of hands in many quarters...The history of that literary world of travelers has been ably portrayed here...It takes a central place in the growing literature. It is a great credit to author and publisher alike. -- Barry Gough Journal of American History 20061201 Liebersohn displays an impressive command of his specialist areas, European intellectual history and German history, but also that rare combination of great breadth of vision with clarity of expression and explanation. He writes in a very readable, accessible style that breathes life into the characters discussed and elucidates his complex and nuanced argument. -- Paul D'Arcy International Journal of Maritime History 20060501 The exploration of the Pacific has now been cast as decisive in the emergence of modern science and in the entanglement of science and empire. Harry Liebersohn's book provides a sweeping survey of five groups of people who were involved in travel and who created and reshaped the knowledge that emerged from the exploration of the Pacific. -- Sujit Sivasundaram Isis 20071201 The Travelers' World offers an original perspective on how to assess the scope of the impact travel writing had on social and political thought during this period. It also responds to several of the inherent flaws in the scientific and anthropological project in which the 18th and 19th century voyagers participated. Finally, this text urges the reader to reinterpret the body of travel literature in a "cumulative" context by considering each text in relation to others in the same tradition. -- L. Olivia Grenvicz AmeriQuests 20070101


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  • ISBN-13: 9780674040236
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Harvard University Press
  • Edition: Digital original
  • No of Pages: 400
  • ISBN-10: 0674040236
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jul 2009
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Europe to the Pacific

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