Pacific Images: Views from Captain Cook's Third Voyage / Eleanor C. Nordyke; in collaboration with James A. Mattison, Jr.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Eleanor C. Nordyke; Distributed by University of Hawaii Press; 2008Description: 200p; 27x29cmISBN:

9781883528379

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Genre/Form:

Illustrated works

LOC classification:

G420.C69 C662 2008

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	SAF Reference Library	Geography. Anthropology. Recreation.	G369-503 80.12 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		6493

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.

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