Eugene Rasor's Bibliography

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25046

Williams, Glyndwr. "The Hudson's Bay Company and Its Critics in the Eighteenth Century." TRHS, 5 ser, 20 (November 1969): 149-72.

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25047

Williams, Glyndwr. "'The Inexhaustible Fountain of Gold': English Projects and Ventures in the South Seas, 1670-1750." See J. Flint, Perspectives of Empire, pp. 27-53.

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Williams, Glyndwr. "The Making of a Hero; Captain Cook's Last Voyage." Traf Chron, 19 (2009): 162-73.

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Williams, Glyndwr. "Myth and Reality: James Cook and the Theoretical Geography of North West America." See R. Fisher, Captain Cook & His Times, pp. 59-80.

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Williams, Glyndwr. "The Pacific: Great Unknown." See Mamorial Research PLC, Mutiny on the Bounty, pp. 19-34.

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Williams, Glyndwr. "The Pacific Exploration and Exploitation." See P. Marshall, Oxford History of the British Empire, II., pp. 552-75.

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Williams, Glyndr. "Precursors and Predators: Narborough to Anson." See J. Hattendorf, Maritime History, I., pp. 3-14.

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Williams, Glyndwr. The Prize of All the Oceans: The Triumph and Tragedy of Anson's Voyage Round the World. London: HarperCollins; New York: Viking, 1999, 2000, 2001, xxii, 264 pp. Alt. subtitle: The Dramatic True Story of Commodore Anson's Voyage Round the World and How He Seized the Spanish Treasure Galleon; tale of horror, pity, disaster, triumph; yarns no fiction could surpass.

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Williams, Glyndwr & Ramsden, John. Ruling Britannia: A Political History of Britain, 1688-1988. London: Longman, 1990, xii, 547 pp. Outsanding survey; extensive & up-to-date bibliographical essay.

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Williams, Glyndwr. "Science, Philosophy, and the Pacific." See J. Hattendorf, Maritime History, I., pp. 27-36.

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Williams, Glyndwr. "Seamen and Philosophers in the South Seas in the Age of Captain Cook." MM, 65 (February 1979): 3-22. Eva G.R. Taylor Lecture, 1978; voyages aroused much debate; "Pacific Craze."

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Williams, Glyndwr, Quilley, Geoff, Arutiuhov, Sergei & Forgan, Sophie, eds. Sinking Coasts and Icebound Seas: Cook's Voyage to the Arctic. Whitby: Captain Cook Memorial Museum, 2008, 52 pp. Cattalogue for exhibition, 2008.

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Williams, Glyndwr & Frost, Alan, eds. "Terra Australis" to Australia. Melbourne: Oxford UP, 1988, xviii, 242 pp. 145 illustrations, many in color; study of historical cartography; Portuguese, Dutch, English.

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25059

Williams, Glyndwr. "'To Make Discoveries of Countries Hitherto Unknown': The Admiralty and Pacific Exploration in the Eighteenthe Century." MM, 82 (February 1996): 14-27.

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Williams, Glyndwr. "'To Make Discoveries of Countries Hitherto Unknown': The Admiralty and Pacific Exploration in the Eighteenth Century." See A. Frost, Pacific Empire, pp. 13-32.

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25061

Williams, Glyndwr. Voyages of Delusion; The Quest for the Northwest Passage. London: HarperCollins; New Haven: Yale UP, 2002, 2003, xx, 467 pp. "Elusive" Northwest Passage, "maritime philosopher's stone," "blind faith," searches from West and from East; exceptionally well written.

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Williams, Gomer. History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque: With an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade, 1744-1812. London: Heinemann; Liverpool: Liverpool UP; Montreal: McGill Queen's UP, 1897, 2004, xxvi, 718 pp. Intro: David Eltis.

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Williams, Gordon. U-Boat vs. Destroyer Escorts: The Battle of the Atlantic. Duel Series, # 3. Oxford: Osprey, 2007, 80 pp.

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25064

Williams, Helena Maria. Sketches of the State of Manners and Opinions in the French Republic: Towards the Close of the Eighteenth Century. 2 vols. London, 1801. By a convinced Republican (i.e., Jacobin); copy in British Library actually annotated by Horatio Nelson.

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25065

Williams, Isabel. With Scott in the Antarctic: Edward Wilson , Explorer, Naturalist, Artist. Stroud: History, 2008, 2009.

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