{"product_id":"9781552380628","title":"Writing Geographical Exploration: Thomas James and the Northwest Passage, 1631-33","description":"Writing Geographical Exploration: Thomas James and the Northwest Passage, 1631-33 summarizes the various factors that influence the writing and interpretation of exploration narratives, demonstrating the limitations of the assumption that there is a direct relationship between what the explorer saw and what the text describes. Davies offers a revisionist evaluation of Captain Thomas James, who spent eighteen months in search of the Northwest Passage in the 1630s, to illustrate how modern textual analysis can enrich the appreciation of a traveller's account. Though James's work has been dismissed in the modern period, his work was highly regarded in previous centuries by scientist Robert Boyle and poet Samuel Coleridge. James was not a first-rank explorer, but he was an able navigator and leader, a perceptive scientific observer, and a master author who produced a thrilling tale of adventure that should occupy a more prominent place in exploration writing and history, literary theory, and post-modern geography.","brand":"University of Calgary Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060302299376,"sku":"9781552380628","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781552380628_p0.jpg?v=1769899054","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781552380628","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}