Book ID: CBB953616691

James Cook: The Voyages (2018)

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William Frame (Author)
Laura Walker (Author)


McGill-Queen's University Press


Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 224
Language: English

The twenty-fifth of August 2018 marks the 250th anniversary of the departure of the Endeavour from Plymouth, England, and the first of three voyages by James Cook that would nearly complete the map of the world. Interweaving accounts of scientific discovery with the personal stories of the voyages’ key participants, William Frame and Laura Walker explore the charting of the Pacific and the natural world, the first encounters and exchange between Western and indigenous cultures, and the representation of the voyages in art. The illustrations, many of which have never before been published, include drawings by all the artists employed on the voyages, including Alexander Buchan, Sydney Parkinson, William Hodges, and John Webber. It also includes the only surviving paintings by Tupaia, a Polynesian high priest and navigator who joined the first voyage at Tahiti and sailed with Cook to New Zealand and Australia. A stunningly illustrated object-centred history, James Cook: The Voyages offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to discover the extensive Captain Cook collection of the British Library, including original maps, artworks, journals, and printed books.

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Review Arthur Lucas (2019) Review of "James Cook: The Voyages". Archives of Natural History (pp. 169-171). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Williams, Glyndwr
Pimente, Juan
Tezcan, Nuran
Debby, Nirit Ben-Aryeh
Kogman-Appel, Katrin
Manfrè, Valeria
Concepts
Travel; exploration
Maps; atlases
Cartography
Sea travel
Geography
Science and culture
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
Medieval
Early modern
Modern
Places
Pacific Ocean
France
Australia
Nile River
England
Great Britain
Institutions
Great Britain. Royal Navy
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)
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