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Actions Displays	Discoveries : The Voyages of Captain Cook Remove from selection Add to selection TitleDiscoveries : The Voyages of Captain Cook Author Nicholas Thomas (author)‎ Place of publicationLondon PublisherPenguin Books, Allen Lane Year of publication2003 Paginationxxxvii, 468 p. IllustrationsIllus., black and white drawings, black and white photographs, maps Dimensions16.1 x 24.1 cm Materialbook Class numberG420.C65 .T4 2003 ISBN0713995572 Subjecttravel, voyages around the world, discoveries in geography, indigenous peoples - social life and customs, explorers Geographical keywordOceania Persons keyword James Cook, 1728-1779 Cook's great voyages marked the end of an era in world history. As he sailed into Hawaii in January 1778 he made contact with the last of the human civilizations to grow up independently of the rest of the world. But equally for the Polynesians and Melanesians of the Pacific, Cook's arrival in their midst merely marked a further (if disastrous) twist in diverse histories already many centuries old. In this immensely enjoyable and absorbing book Cook's journeys are reimagined, attempting to leave behind (or master) our later preoccupations to let us see what Cook and his associates experienced and what the societies he encountered experienced - from the Beothuks of Newfoundland to the Tongans of the Friendly Islands.

TitleDiscoveries : The Voyages of Captain Cook

Author

Place of publicationLondon

Year of publication2003

Paginationxxxvii, 468 p.

IllustrationsIllus., black and white drawings, black and white photographs, maps

Dimensions16.1 x 24.1 cm

Materialbook

Class numberG420.C65 .T4 2003

ISBN0713995572

Geographical keywordOceania

Cook's great voyages marked the end of an era in world history. As he sailed into Hawaii in January 1778 he made contact with the last of the human civilizations to grow up independently of the rest of the world. But equally for the Polynesians and Melanesians of the Pacific, Cook's arrival in their midst merely marked a further (if disastrous) twist in diverse histories already many centuries old.

In this immensely enjoyable and absorbing book Cook's journeys are reimagined, attempting to leave behind (or master) our later preoccupations to let us see what Cook and his associates experienced and what the societies he encountered experienced - from the Beothuks of Newfoundland to the Tongans of the Friendly Islands.