| Background To Discovery |
| Preface |
| Contributors |
 | I Seapower and Science: The Motives for Pacific Exploration |
| II The Achievement of the English Voyages, 1650-1800 |
| III The Men from Across La Manche: French Voyages, 1660-1790 |
| IV Literary Responses to the Eighteenth-Century Voyages |
| V Navigation and Astronomy in the Voyages |
| VI The Sailor's Perspective: British Naval Topographic Artists |
| Notes |
 | Index |
| • | A |
| • | B |
| • | C |
| • | D |
| • | E |
| • | F |
| • | G |
| • | H |
| • | I |
| • | J |
| • | K |
| • | L |
| • | M |
| • | N |
| • | O |
| • | P |
| • | Q |
| • | R |
| • | S |
| • | T |
| • | U |
| • | V |
| • | W |
| • | Z |