“Weather, People, Ship”: The Environment’s Impact on Cook’s First Voyage into the Pacific (2023)
This research explores how the eighteenth-century Pacific environment shaped James Cook’s first voyage into the South Seas. Although a multitude of different investigations and numerous biographies on Cook examine this exploration, there is limited analysis of its environmental dimension. This study offers a new perspective on this famous voyage – in terms of cultural and technological impediments – from the Island of Tahiti to Aotearoa New Zealand, and to the Eastern Coast of Australia. Through a reading of expedition accounts that focus on environmental elements, it is possible to shed new light on the failure to discover the Southern Continent, uncover mistakes in observations about new territories, and understand conflicts with Indigenous people. The aim of this article is to widen the discussion about eighteenth-century European explorers by highlighting the impact of rain, winds, heat, and waters on human will and actions.
...MoreArticle Richard Weiner (2023) Cartography and Climate in Exploration History: The Cases of Cook, La Salle, and the Admiral’s Map. Terrae Incognitae (pp. 217-218).
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