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.