01848nam a2200241Ia 4500 6493 260427s9999 xx 000 0 und d 2008933102 9781883528379 G420.C69 C662 2008 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 1776 9301 G369-503 Geography (General)- Special voyages and travels 8415 Indigenous societies 9260 TR624-835 Technology- Applied Photography Pacific Ocean 9302 Illustrated works 9303 BK 6493 6493 0 0 0 0 G SAFL SAFL SC 2026-04-27 SB15 reading room- Meleanna Meyer 0 G369-503 80.12 6493 2026-04-27 2026-04-27 BK