Burning Water (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: George Bowering
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Work: Magical realism
- Time of Work: The early 1790’s and the late 1960’s
- Setting: Trieste, Vancouver, Guatemala, the Pacific Coast of North America, South America, and Hawaii
- Principal Characters: Captain George Vancouver, Admiral Don Juan Quadra, Dr. Archibald Menzies, The Author, Three Indians
- Genres: Long fiction, Magical Realism
- Subjects: History, 1960’s, North America or North Americans, Traveling or travelers, Voyages, Native Americans or American Indians, Eighteenth century, Canada or Canadians, Imagination, Ships, Adventure, South America or South Americans, Guatemala or Guatemalans, Cannibalism, Exploration or explorers, Naturalists
- Locales: South America, Hawaii, Guatemala, North America, Vancouver, Canada
The Novel
From one perspective, Burning Water may be described as an unconventional historical novel. Most of the action of the novel takes place on or near HMS Discovery, a ninety-nine-foot British warship, which is on a four-and-a-half-year mission to expedite the Nootka Agreement, a treaty signed with Spain. Captain George Vancouver, the ship’s commander, also has a mandate to chart the coastline of the Pacific Northwest and to seek the fabled Northwest Passage. Dr. Archibald Menzies’ mandate from the Royal Society is to describe and collect flora and fauna...
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