LIST 71: the Hakluyt Society with a Supplement with Books on Voyages, Travel & Exploration and a Substantial Collection of Nautical Charts
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'Classification' of the Late Eighteenth Century Pacific
Empirical Power, Imperial Science: Science, Empire, and the ‘Classification’ of the Late Eighteenth Century Pacific A Thesis Submitted to the College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts in History University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon By Justin Wyatt Voogel Ó Copyright Justin Wyatt Voogel, September 2017 All Rights Reserved Permission to Use In presenting this thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Postgraduate degree from the University of Saskatchewan, I agree that the Libraries of this University may make it freely available for inspection. I further agree that permission for copying of this thesis/dissertation in any manner, in whole or in part, for scholarly purposes may be granted by the professor or professors who supervised my thesis work or, in their absence, by the Head of the Department or the Dean of the College in which my thesis work was done. It is understood that any copying or publication or use of this thesis or parts thereof for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. It is also understood that due recognition shall be given to me and to the University of Saskatchewan in any scholarly use which may be made of any material in my thesis. Requests for permission to copy or to make other uses of materials in this thesis in whole or part should be addressed to: Head of the Department of History Arts and Science Admin Commons Room 522, Arts Building University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A5 Canada i Abstract The Pacific of the mid eighteenth century was far removed from what it would become by the first decade of the nineteenth. -
Alexander Dalrymple and Thomas Forrest: Two British Empire Builders at the End of the 18Th Century
Alexander Dalrymple and Thomas Forrest: Two British empire builders at the end of the 18th Century Dr. Chris G.F. de Jong After the Ambon debacle (1623), which led to the withdrawal of the East India Company (EIC) from the Big East, the trade activities of the English were concentrated, as far as the East Indies are concerned, on the western part of the archipelago. It was far into the 18th century before the English once again ventured into the archipelago to the south of the Philippines. Two names stand out: Alexander Dalrymple and Thomas Forrest. Not only did they report in detail about their experiences, but they also made proposals to the Court of Directors to expand the trade activities of the EIC in this region. Besides, in the work of the former a hint of the new spirit of the age which was prevalent in Scotland is noticeable. NB: In this essay 17th and 18th century geographical names have been used, viz. not Halmahera but Gilolo, not Mindanao but Magindano. Insofar as necessary, modern equivalents have been added when these are mentioned for the first time. However, the spelling has been modernised, and thus Sooloo becomes Sulu, and Mysol becomes Misool. The Moluccas are interpreted in the original meaning of the five islands of cloves off the west coast of Gilolo. The name Brunei was used in different ways. Sometimes it indicated the sultanate, which at other instances was called Borneo Proper and the State of Borneo, with Brunei as its capital. In this essay the name Brunei is used for the sultanate, its capital city is Borneo town, at present Brunei Darussalam with Bandar Seri Begawan as its capital. -
Memoirs of Hydrography
MEMOIRS OF HYDROGRAPHY INCLUDING B rief Biographies o f the Principal Officers who have Served in H.M. NAVAL SURVEYING SERVICE BETWEEN THE YEARS 17 5 0 and 1885 COMPILED BY COMMANDER L. S. DAWSON, R.N. i i nsr TWO PARTS. P a r t I .— 1 7 5 0 t o 1 8 3 0 . EASTBOURNE : HENRY W. KEAY, THE “ IMPERIAL LIBRARY.” THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 8251.70 A ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS R 1936 L Digitized by PRE F A CE. ♦ N gathering together, and publishing, brief memoirs of the numerous maritime surveyors of all countries, but chiefly of Great Britain, whose labours, extending over upwards of a century, have contributed the I means or constructing the charted portion óf the world, the author claims no originality. The task has been one of research, compilation, and abridgment, of a pleasant nature, undertaken during leisure evenings, after official hours spent in duties and undertakings of a kindred description. Numerous authorities have been consulted, and in some important instances, freely borrowed from ; amongst which, may be mentioned, former numbers of the Nautical Magazine, the Journals of the Royal Geographical Society, published accounts of voyages, personal memoirs, hydrographic works, the Naval Chronicle, Marshall, and O'Bymes Naval Biographies, &c. The object aimed at has been, to produce in a condensed form, a work, useful for hydrographic reference, and sufficiently matter of fact, for any amongst the naval surveyors of the past, who may care to take it up, for reference—and at the same time,—to handle dry dates and figures, in such a way, as to render such matter, sufficiently light and entertaining, for the present and rising generation of naval officers, who, possessing a taste for similar labours to those enumerated, may elect a hydrographic career. -
Richard Hakluyt, Promoter of the New World: the Navigational Origins of the English Nation
Richard Hakluyt, promoter of the New World: the navigational origins of the English nation Francisco J. BORGE Universidad de Oviedo & University of Massachusetts ABSTRACT The defeat of the Spanish Armada and the launch of the first exploratory voyages towards the New World, forced England to seriously consider her immense possibilities of replacing Spain in the international arena. Taking as a point of departure the final version of Richard Hakluyt’s Principal Navigations (1598-1600), this piece explores the management of the texts he compiled to promote English expeditions to North America. If we consider the fundamentally private financing of these dangerous and expensive voyages, convincing Englishmen to risk their purses and their lives was not an easy task. But Hakluyt managed to do it successfully by resorting to some skillful narrative and editorial strategies. One aspect that stood above the rest in this unique attempt at channeling the expansionist desires of Englishmen towards the New World was the creation of a national identity. Many of the issues Hakluyt brought up in his work were aimed at defining a truly English national character, one radically different from that of other identifiable nations, one based on the ‘new worldness’ of the lands encountered across the Ocean Sea. The ‘newness’ of America became an emblem for a new and regenerated nation whose idiosyncrasy would help her become the divinely- appointed master of the known world. In the early 1580s, almost a century after Christopher Columbus first set foot on the New World, England could boast no substantial or legitimate claim to the territories that we now call ‘America’. -
Since Ancient Times.” China’S Maritime Claims Vs
Journal of Strategy and Politics (2016), 3, pp. 32-177. © Institute for the Study of Strategy and Politics 2016. Published subject to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License. “Since Ancient Times.” China’s Maritime Claims vs. History Books and Ancient Maps Juan Mendoza, Matteo Ricci, Jean-Baptiste Du Halde et al.—Is it time to burn their books? Tri H. Pham CHINA’S MARITIME CLAIMS | 33 Summary "Since antiquity, no oceanic islands have ever entered into the imperial domain." —Court Officials advising Emperor Kangxi to abandon the Island of Taiwan after the defeat of Koxinga's forces in 1683 Central to China’s current maritime claims in the East and South China seas is its narrative that for millennia those uninhabitable features (islets, rocks, reefs, etc.) have been its “indisputable” territories. This precludes any possible claims from other nations or the application of modern international laws relating to territorial disputes including, inter alia, UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea). This paper aims to look at China’s core argument of “since ancient times” relying on available historical resources, both from Chinese and Western literature, dating back to the twelfth century. The data presented here support the conclusions that (a) prior to the twentieth century, China had no territorial claims anywhere past Hainan and Taiwan islands; (b) Taiwan itself was judged not worth incorporating into the Chinese empire in the seventeenth century, and meriting abandonment in the nineteenth century; (c) since Western records began with Marco Polo in the thirteenth century, there was not a single recorded instance of China voicing such territorial claims; (d) historical Chinese records similarly do not support the “since ancient times” narrative, which is devoid of any supporting historical data; and (e) China’s current maritime claims are similar in nature, tone and breadth to the ruthless, forceful and imperialistic expansionism undertaken by the Qing Dynasty to conquer Tibet, Manchuria and Xinjiang in the eighteenth century. -
Chagos News Issue
ISSN 1355-6746 Chagos News The Periodical Newsletter of the Friends of the Chagos No.19 May 2002 EDITORIAL This Special Issue brings together pects should not be lost from view. four differing perspectives on the This Association will therefore use outlook for the Archipelago. It is its Annual General Meeting on 3 occasioned by the present active October to provide a forum in examination of the feasibility of which discussion of the relation- resettling the northernmost atolls. ship between human settlement Yet this prospect coincides with and the atolls’ ecology can be fresh information about the likely taken forward dispassionately and effects of rising temperatures and free from political or commercial sea levels. The views of our motivation. We shall publish the authors are their own. Our purpose arrangements in the August edition is to make a timely contribution to of Chagos News. Meanwhile, we better informed discussion. We invite readers to send in their own believe that, in David Bellamy, views – and to keep free the even- Tam Dalyell, Charles Sheppard ing of Thursday 3 October. and David Stoddart, we have But first, as an introduction to found contributors of unrivalled the discussion of re-population, experience and distinction. here is an account by our regular During 2002, the results of the historical contributor, Donald second round of feasibility studies Taylor, of the very first settlement will become known. These will be on Diego Garcia. It aptly illustrates of great importance to the Chagos how, from the beginning, this re- islanders and to the governments mote atoll has been touched by responsible for taking decisions international as well as natural about their future. -
HONG KONG's LIGHTHOUSES and the MEN WHO MANNED THEM LOUIS HA and DAN WATERS
281 HONG KONG'S LIGHTHOUSES AND THE MEN WHO MANNED THEM LOUIS HA and DAN WATERS [Complementary HKBRAS lectures were delivered by Fr. Louis Ha (Part One) and Dr. Dan Waters (Part Two) on 3rd May 2002. The following day, courtesy the Director, Government Marine Department, 93 HKBRAS members and guests visited Waglan Lighthouse. The above two lectures were based on the following text. All photographs accompanying these complementary papers were taken on the visit by long-time RAS member Charles Slater.] PART ONE Lighthouses on the coast, "sentinels of the sea, " are without doubt romantic and interesting to the ordinary person. Their loneliness and isolation, the mental picture of waves dashing vainly at their feet while the light shines overhead, far and wide over darkness and angry waters, the drama of shipwreck and rescue, and of successful passage through storm and stress, combine to give them a special appeal to the hearts and minds of all men.' This is one of the beautiful descriptions of lighthouses written by the Deputy Commissioner of Customs of China, T. Roger Banister, in 1932.1 Practical aids In reality, lighthouses exist for much more practical purposes; as aids to navigation in avoiding shipwrecks or grounding of ships. Traditional navigation aids include Light Vessels, Light Buoys, Beacons and Fog Signals such as bells, gongs, reed horns and explosives. These aids have been developed out of necessity over the ages. Pharos One of the oldest lighthouses was the Pharos at Alexandria, in 282 Egypt, which was built in the 3rd century B.C. - one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, It was an eight-sided tower on top of which was a cylinder that extended up to an open cupola where the fire that provided the light burned. -
Memorial of Singapore
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE CASE CONCERNING SOVEREIGNTY OVER PEDRA BRANCA I PULAU BATU PUTEH, MIDDLE ROCKS AND SOUTH LEDGE (MALAYSIA / SINGAPORE) MEMORIAL OF SINGAPORE VOLUME 1 25 MARCH 2004 MEMORIAL OF SINGAPORE CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTION........................................................................... 1 Section I. The Dispute ..................................................................................... 1 Section II. The Parties....................................................................................... 2 Section III. Structure of this Memorial .............................................................. 4 CHAPTER II — THE PHYSICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING.............................................................................................................. 7 Section I. Pedra Branca ................................................................................... 7 Section II. Middle Rocks and South Ledge .................................................... 11 Section III. Pedra Branca, Middle Rocks and South Ledge form a Distinct Group of Features............................................................ 13 CHAPTER III — HISTORICAL BACKGROUND.............................................. 15 CHAPTER IV — THE DISPUTE........................................................................... 21 Section I. The Origins of the Dispute............................................................ 21 Section II. The Special Agreement................................................................. 25 -
Reply of Singapore
REPLY OF SINGAPORE CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................1 A. The Case in Perspective...................................................................1 1. SINGAPORE’S CASE ............................................................................ 2 2. MALAYSIA’S CASE ............................................................................. 3 B. The Structure of this Reply..............................................................5 CHAPTER II — MALAYSIA HAS FAILED TO PROVE AN “ORIGINAL TITLE”.....................................................................................7 Section I. Malaysia’s Claim that Pedra Branca “Was Not Terra Nullius” Has No Basis .....................................................................7 A. MALAYSIA’S ARGUMENT THAT PEDRA BRANCA WAS PART OF THE “MALAY WORLD” IS MEANINGLESS...................................... 9 B. THE LABUAN CESSION IS IRRELEVANT TO DETERMINING THE STATUS OF PEDRA BRANCA ............................................................. 11 Section II. The 1824 Treaties Do Not Confirm Any “Original Title” ..............................................................................................16 A. THE ANGLO-DUTCH TREATY DID NOT DEAL WITH THE TERRITORIAL STATUS OF PEDRA BRANCA....................................... 16 1. The 1833 Vietnamese Envoy’s Report is Irrelevant .................. 19 2. The 1842 van Hinderstein Map Shows that Pedra Branca was not Regarded as Part of the Johor-Riau-Lingga Sultanate ................................................................................... -
Supplement: Sea Ice Observations and Sources
1 SUPPLEMENT: SEA ICE OBSERVATIONS AND SOURCES I. Observations from Voyages of Exploration 1576 Frobisher Sources Richard Collinson, ed., The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher: In Search of a Passage to Cathaia and India by the North-West, A.D. 1576-8, Reprinted from the First Edition of HakLuyt’s Voyages, with SeLections from Manuscript Documents in the British Museum and State Paper Office (London: Hakluyt Society, 1867). James McDermott, ed., The Third Voyage of Martin Frobisher to Baffin IsLand, 1578 (London: Hakluyt Society, 2001). Vilhjamur Stefansson, ed., The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher, 2 vols. (London: Argonaut Press, 1938). George Best, A True Discourse of the Late Voyages of Discoverie, for the Finding of a Passage to Cathaya, by the Northweast, Under the Conduct of Martin Frobisher GeneralL (London: Henry Bynnyman, 1578). E Greenland “sayling norhweast from Englande upon the firste of July, at length he hadde sighte of a highe and ragged lande, whiche he judged Freeselande (whereof some auhtours have made mention), but durst not approche the same by reason of the greate store of ise that lay alongst the coast, and the great mistes that troubled them not a little.” (George Best, “A True Discourse of the Late Voyages of Discoverie,” in The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher, ed. Richard Collinson (London: Hakluyt Society, 1867), 71. “and on the 11th day of July they had sight of land unknown to them, for they could not come to set fote theron for the marveilous haboundance of monstrous great ilands of ise which lay dryving all alongst the coast therof. -
THE SPRATLY ISLANDS DISPUTE: DECISION UNITS and DOMESTIC POLITICS CHRISTOPHER CHUNG a Thesis Submitted to the University Of
THE SPRATLY ISLANDS DISPUTE: DECISION UNITS AND DOMESTIC POLITICS CHRISTOPHER CHUNG A thesis submitted to the University of New South Wales in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2004 DECLARATION I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of my knowledge, it contains no material previously published or written by another person, nor material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma at UNSW or any other educational institution, except where due acknowledgement is made in the thesis. Any contribution made to the research by colleagues, with whom I have worked at UNSW or elsewhere, during my candidature, is fully acknowledged. I also declare that the intellectual content of this thesis is the product of my own work, except to the extent that assistance from others in the project’s design and conception or in style, presentation and linguistic expression is acknowledged. Christopher Chung i ABSTRACT This thesis presents a cross-national, cross-regime examination of foreign policy decision-making in the Spratly Islands dispute, focusing on China, Malaysia and the Philippines. It argues that how and why these countries have acted in particular ways towards the dispute relates to the relationship among foreign policy decision-making, government behaviour and domestic politics. The theoretical foundation of the study is foreign policy analysis. It applies the decision units approach advanced by Margaret and Charles Hermann and Joe Hagan to investigate who made foreign policy decisions on the Spratly Islands dispute in the three countries during the period 1991-2002, and how this influenced government behaviour. -
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