01772nam a2200217Ia 45000010005000000080041000050100015000460200018000610500023000792450127001022600074002293000020003035201037003235460012013606480009013726500062013816500025014436500046014686510018015146550022015326493260427s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a2008933102  a9781883528379  aG420.C69 C662 2008 0aPacific Images: Views from Captain Cook's Third Voyagec/ Eleanor C. Nordyke; in collaboration with James A. Mattison, Jr.  bEleanor C. Nordyke; Distributed by University of Hawaii Press; c2008  a200p; c27x29cm  aEngravings 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.    aEnglish  a1776  aG369-503 Geography (General)- Special voyages and travels  aIndigenous societies  aTR624-835 Technology- Applied Photography  aPacific Ocean  aIllustrated works