| Background To Discovery |
| Preface |
| Contributors |
 | I Seapower and Science: The Motives for Pacific Exploration |
| • | The First Age of Pacific Exploration (ca. 1510-1640s) |
| • | Diversions and Deterrents (ca. 1640s-1760s) |
| • | The Commencement of the Second Age of 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 |
| • | The Traveler As Hero |
| • | The Traveler As Scientist |
| • | The Scientific Approach to Geology |
| • | The Scientific Approach to Human Nature |
| • | Conclusion |
| V Navigation and Astronomy in the Voyages |
| • | Navigation: The Early Years |
| • | The Longitude |
| • | The Longitude Act, 1714 |
| • | The Invention of the Reflecting Quadrant |
| • | The Nautical Almanac |
| • | The Marine Chronometer |
| • | Explorers' Observations at Sea |
| • | Observations Ashore |
| • | Conclusion |
| VI The Sailor's Perspective: British Naval Topographic Artists |
| Notes |
| • | 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 |
| Index |
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| • | G |
| • | H |
| • | I |
| • | J |
| • | K |
| • | L |
| • | M |
| • | N |
| • | O |
| • | P |
| • | Q |
| • | R |
| • | S |
| • | T |
| • | U |
| • | V |
| • | W |
| • | Z |
