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100 1 _aWithey, Lynne,
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aVoyages of discovery :
_bCaptain Cook and the exploration of the Pacific /
_cLynne Withey.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bMorrow,
_c[1987]
264 4 _ccopyright 1987
300 _a512 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aMaps on lining papers.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 465-499) and index.
505 0 0 _tPreface --
_tPrologue : The Royal Society plans a voyage --
_g[pt]. 1.
_tFoundations : Pacific exploration before Cook --
_g1.
_tThe world beyond Europe --
_g2.
_tOld ideas and new strategies --
_g3.
_tParadise discovered --
_g4.
_tPreparations --
_g[pt]. 2.
_tThe discovery of Polynesia --
_g5.
_tTahiti --
_g6.
_tAmateur ethnographers --
_g7.
_tIn search of the Southern Continent --
_g8.
_tHomeward --
_g9.
_tMr. Bank's voyage --
_g[pt]. 3.
_tCircumnavigating the Antarctic --
_g10.
_tto the Antarctic --
_g11.
_tReturn to Tahiti --
_g12.
_tThe second Antarctic summer --
_g13.
_tIsland hopping across the Pacific --
_g14.
_tThe islands of Quiros --
_g15.
_tMai --
_g[pt]. 4.
_tThe search for a Northwest passage --
_g16.
_tThe "friendly islands" --
_g17.
_tMai returns --
_g18.
_tTo the Arctic --
_g19.
_tKealakekua Bay --
_g20.
_tCook the hero --
_g[pt]. 5.
_tExploration and empire : the legacy of Cook's voyage --
_g21.
_tExploiting the Pacific : convicts, furs, and breadfruit --
_g22.
_tThe end of an era : Vancouver in the Pacific --
_tReferences --
_tIndex.
520 _aMakes 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.
600 1 0 _aCook, James,
_d1728-1779
_xTravel
_zOceania.
651 0 _aOceania
_xDiscovery and exploration.
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