• Contents


• Contributors


• Introduction Reinterpreting Exploration


• Dane Kennedy


• Part One Themes


• Chapter 1 Science and Exploration


• Michael F. Robinson


• Chapter 2 A Half Century of Shifting Narrative Perspectives on Encounters


• Harry Liebersohn


• Chapter 3 Exploration and Enlightenment


• Philip J. Stern


• Chapter 4 Exploration in Print: From the Miscellany to the Newspaper


• Clare Pettitt


• Chapter 5 The Making of British and French Legends of Exploration


• Berny Sèbe


• Part Two Territories


• Chapter 6 Exploration in Imperial Russia


• Willard Sunderland


• Chapter 7 Exploring the Pacific World


• Jane Samson


• Chapter 8 Decentering Exploration in East Africa


• Stephen J. Rockel


• Chapter 9 The Exploration of Central Asia


• Gordon Stewart


• Chapter 10 The Historiography of Antarctic Exploration


• Stephanie Barczewski

Dane Kennedy is the Elmer Louis Kayser Professor of History and International Affairs at George Washington University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Last Blank Spaces: Exploring Africa and Australia.

This book provides a fresh and accessible introduction to recent debates about European exploration's role in the making of the modern world. It challenges celebratory narratives of exploration, concentrating instead on its contribution to imperial and scientific agendas and its dependence on indigenous agents.