TY  - BOOK
AU  - Withey,Lynne
TI  - Voyages of discovery: Captain Cook and the exploration of the Pacific 
SN  - 0688051154
PY  - 1987///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Morrow
KW  - Cook, James,
KW  - Oceania
KW  - Discovery and exploration
N1  - Maps on lining papers; Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-499) and index; Preface --; Prologue : The Royal Society plans a voyage --; [pt]. 1; Foundations : Pacific exploration before Cook --; 1; The world beyond Europe --; 2; Old ideas and new strategies --; 3; Paradise discovered --; 4; Preparations --; [pt]. 2; The discovery of Polynesia --; 5; Tahiti --; 6; Amateur ethnographers --; 7; In search of the Southern Continent --; 8; Homeward --; 9; Mr. Bank's voyage --; [pt]. 3; Circumnavigating the Antarctic --; 10; to the Antarctic --; 11; Return to Tahiti --; 12; The second Antarctic summer --; 13; Island hopping across the Pacific --; 14; The islands of Quiros --; 15; Mai --; [pt]. 4; The search for a Northwest passage --; 16; The "friendly islands" --; 17; Mai returns --; 18; To the Arctic --; 19; Kealakekua Bay --; 20; Cook the hero --; [pt]. 5; Exploration and empire : the legacy of Cook's voyage --; 21; Exploiting the Pacific : convicts, furs, and breadfruit --; 22; The end of an era : Vancouver in the Pacific --; References --; Index
N2  - 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
ER  -