Pacific Images: Views from Captain Cook's Third Voyage / Eleanor C. Nordyke; in collaboration with James A. Mattison, Jr. - Eleanor C. Nordyke; Distributed by University of Hawaii Press; 2008 - 200p; 27x29cm

Engravings from artist John Webber's drawings and descriptions from A voyage to the Pacific Ocean, volumes I, II, and III, and the Atlas by Captain James Cook and Captain James King, published as the official edition of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in London, 1784 : featuring stamps related to Captain James Cook and his voyages of discovery from the Ron V. Meads collection. This book presents the earliest illustrations and descriptions of Pacific peoples and cultures as they were observed and recorded on Captain James Cook's third and final voyage (1776-1780) with HMS Resolution and Discovery. The broad spectrum of subject matter includes landscapes and people from Pacific areas such as Hawai'i, Tahiti, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific Northwwest, and Russia. Also pictured are the activities of Pacific peoples, such as entertainment, sporting events and religious ceremonies. The stamps also display important artists, scientists, cartographers, and navigators plus their scientific instruments.


English

9781883528379

2008933102


1776


G369-503 Geography (General)- Special voyages and travels
Indigenous societies
TR624-835 Technology- Applied Photography


Pacific Ocean


Illustrated works

G420.C69 C662 2008