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Reinterpreting Exploration: The West in the World

Edited by Dane Kennedy (NHC Fellow, 2010–11) Exploration was a central and perhaps defining aspect of the West's encounters with other peoples and lands. Rather than reproduce celebratory narratives of individual heroism and national glory, this volume focuses on exploration's instrumental role in shaping a European sense of exceptionalism and its iconic importance in defining … Continued