Pt. 1. Ch. 1. Introduction : exploration, science and Empire in the late Eighteenth Century -- Ch. 2. The rediscovery of the southern oceans -- Ch. 3. Fur traders in the North Pacific -- Ch. 4. Government interest in the North Pacific -- Pt. 2. Ch. 5.
Food for slaves -- Ch. 6. The empire and the cotton industry -- Ch. 7. Science and the East Indian Empire.
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