Name: Discovering Nothing: In Pursuit of an Elusive Northwest Passage
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Author: Nicandri, David L.
ISBN: 9780774868877

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Discovering Nothing: In Pursuit of an Elusive Northwest Passage

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Physical Book

Author

David L. Nicandri

Publisher

University of British Columbia Press

Language

English

Pages

328

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780774868877

Synopsis "Discovering Nothing: In Pursuit of an Elusive Northwest Passage"

Explorers' accounts of the search through Northern Canada for a waterway connection between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The many attempts by navigators to find a Northwest Passage via its Pacific portal all failed; however, their discoveries spurred expansionist developments that would forever alter the landscape of North America. In Discovering Nothing, David L. Nicandri maps a cast of geographic visionaries and practical explorers as they promoted or sought a workable commercial route linking the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic. The discovery of the legendary northern passage proved elusive, but the equivalent land bridges that were built in the form of two transcontinental railroads changed the futures of Canada and the United States. Drawing from close readings of explorers' journals, Nicandri provides readers with a detailed, engaging, and multifaceted investigation into the many players and failed enterprises at the core of this search, beginning in the eighteenth century through to today--and to the unexpected impact of climate change on this fabled passage.

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