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Northwest Passage rediscovered.

Publication: Arena Magazine
Publication Date: 01-FEB-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Northwest Passage rediscovered.(Report)

Article Excerpt
The Northwest Passage was one of those big ideas mingling geopolitical and economic hope with futuristic fantasy for centuries, and generating much practical European maritime exploration at the cost of many lives. Captain Cook's final voyage was in part an attempt to find the western end of such a waterway, and he found Asia and America separate continents locked in by impenetrable Arctic ice. The Franklin voyages came later and the many searchers for Franklin filled out Arctic maps, giving cause to both Inuit and Europeans to puzzle about each other.

At its best the Northwest ideal was to link two great worlds, Western Europe and East Asia. A beautiful album of the art, artefacts and possibilities is Circa 1492, edited by Levenson and put out by the...

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