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Acknowledgments | p. ix |
The Earliest Ventures to North America to Find a Northwest Passage, 1492-1543 | |
The Urge to Discover New Lands and Make Maps | p. 3 |
John Cabot Makes a Claim for England, 1497 | p. 15 |
Giovanni da Verrazzano Maps an Ocean of His Imagination, 1524 | p. 26 |
Jacques Cartier Gives France a Prize, 1534, 1535, 1541 | p. 34 |
England Reenters the Game, 1576-1632 | |
Ships, Navigation, and Mapping in the Sixteenth Century | p. 51 |
Martin Frobisher Succumbs to Gold Fever, 1576, 1577, 1578 | p. 70 |
John Davis Makes a Near Miss, 1585, 1586, 1587 | p. 89 |
Henry Hudson Has a Very Bad Day, 1607, 1608, 1609, 1610 | p. 95 |
West From The Pacific; Overland to the Arctic Ocean, 1728-1789 | |
Bering and Chirikov by Sea, 1741; Hearne, 1770 and Mackenzie, 1789 by Land | p. 111 |
James Cook Maps a Huge Swath of the Northwest Coast, 1778 | p. 116 |
The British Surge to Find the Northwest Passage Also Makes Maps, 1818-1845 | |
John Ross Sees a Mirage, 1818; John Franklin Makes His First Expedition, 1819 | p. 125 |
William E. Parry Has Beginners Luck, 1819, 1821, 1824 | p. 132 |
John Franklin's Second Overland Expedition Makes a Successful Survey, 1825 | p. 141 |
John Ross's Second Voyage Lasts Four Hard Years, 1829-1833 | p. 147 |
Peter Dease and Thomas Simpson Extend the North Coast Map, 1837 | p. 156 |
John Franklin's Last Expedition Becomes the Failure of the Century, 1845 | p. 164 |
The Franklin Searchers Almost Finish the Map, 1847-1858 | |
The First Searchers Look in the Wrong Places, 1847 | p. 171 |
John Rae Hears about Franklin from Eskimos, 1848 | p. 177 |
Robert McClure Completes the Passage; Richard Collinson Maps Coastlines, 1850 | p. 181 |
Elisha K. Kane Barely Survives, but Maps New Land, 1853 | p. 190 |
Francis L. M'Clintock Extends the Map and Learns What Happened, 1857 | p. 197 |
Shifting the Focus to the North Pole Fills in Vacant Spots on the Map, 1875-1920 | |
George Nares Maps the North Coast of Ellesmere Island and Relearns Lessons, 1875 | p. 211 |
Otto Sverdrup Maps an Immense Area, 1898 | p. 215 |
Vilhjalmur Stefansson Maps New Islands, 1913 | p. 219 |
A Few Final Thoughts | p. 223 |
Glossary | p. 227 |
A Chronology of Selected Expeditions to North America | p. 229 |
Notes | p. 233 |
Bibliography | p. 241 |
Index | p. 247 |
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