Voyages of discovery : Captain Cook and the exploration of the Pacific /
Withey, Lynne,
Voyages of discovery : Captain Cook and the exploration of the Pacific / Lynne Withey. - 1st ed. - 512 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-499) and index.
Preface -- Prologue : The Royal Society plans a voyage -- Foundations : Pacific exploration before Cook -- The world beyond Europe -- Old ideas and new strategies -- Paradise discovered -- Preparations -- The discovery of Polynesia -- Tahiti -- Amateur ethnographers -- In search of the Southern Continent -- Homeward -- Mr. Bank's voyage -- Circumnavigating the Antarctic -- to the Antarctic -- Return to Tahiti -- The second Antarctic summer -- Island hopping across the Pacific -- The islands of Quiros -- Mai -- The search for a Northwest passage -- The "friendly islands" -- Mai returns -- To the Arctic -- Kealakekua Bay -- Cook the hero -- Exploration and empire : the legacy of Cook's voyage -- Exploiting the Pacific : convicts, furs, and breadfruit -- The end of an era : Vancouver in the Pacific -- References -- Index. [pt]. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. [pt]. 2. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. [pt]. 3. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. [pt]. 4. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. [pt]. 5. 21. 22.
Makes use of recent scholarship in such disciplines as history, anthropology, art history, and literary criticism to place Captain James Cook in the broader context of Pacific exploration.
0688051154 9780688051150 0520065646 9780520065642
87007788
Cook, James, 1728-1779 --Travel--Oceania.
Oceania--Discovery and exploration.
Voyages of discovery : Captain Cook and the exploration of the Pacific / Lynne Withey. - 1st ed. - 512 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-499) and index.
Preface -- Prologue : The Royal Society plans a voyage -- Foundations : Pacific exploration before Cook -- The world beyond Europe -- Old ideas and new strategies -- Paradise discovered -- Preparations -- The discovery of Polynesia -- Tahiti -- Amateur ethnographers -- In search of the Southern Continent -- Homeward -- Mr. Bank's voyage -- Circumnavigating the Antarctic -- to the Antarctic -- Return to Tahiti -- The second Antarctic summer -- Island hopping across the Pacific -- The islands of Quiros -- Mai -- The search for a Northwest passage -- The "friendly islands" -- Mai returns -- To the Arctic -- Kealakekua Bay -- Cook the hero -- Exploration and empire : the legacy of Cook's voyage -- Exploiting the Pacific : convicts, furs, and breadfruit -- The end of an era : Vancouver in the Pacific -- References -- Index. [pt]. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. [pt]. 2. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. [pt]. 3. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. [pt]. 4. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. [pt]. 5. 21. 22.
Makes use of recent scholarship in such disciplines as history, anthropology, art history, and literary criticism to place Captain James Cook in the broader context of Pacific exploration.
0688051154 9780688051150 0520065646 9780520065642
87007788
Cook, James, 1728-1779 --Travel--Oceania.
Oceania--Discovery and exploration.