Vancouver's ethnography : a preliminary description of five inventories from the voyage of 1791-95

Author

King, J. C. H.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of the history of collections. 1994, Num. 1, Vol. 6, 35-58

ISSN

0954-6650

Abstract (en)

The voyage of Capt. George Vancouver was designed to investigate the possibility of a northwest passage from the interior of Canada through to the Pacific Coast, and to settle the territorial dispute with Spain concerning what is now Vancouver Island. In three surveying seasons much of the western and northwestern coasts of America, as well as numerous Pacific islands, were mapped out for the first time. The good health of the crew permitted both the surgeon and his mate to devote time to the collection of natural history and ethnography. Inventories of both these collections survive, as does one contemporary list, and two 19th c. museum listings of collections made by other crew members. The five inventories of these collections are here taken together to provide a preliminary overview of the ethnography from this highly significant voyage.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800
• Vancouver, George, 1757-1798
• Exploration
• Canada
• 1700-1800
• British Columbia (CAN)
• Indians of North America
• Art
• Collections
• Inventories (documents)
• Ethnology

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800
• Vancouver, George, 1757-1798
• Exploration
• Canada
• 1700-1800
• Colombie-Britannique (CAN)
• Indiens d'Amérique du Nord
• Art
• Collections
• Inventaire (document)
• Ethnologie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00348899

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