Captain Cook and the Pacific: Art, Exploration and Empire

Captain Cook and the Pacific: Art, Exploration and Empire
ISBN-10
0300207247
ISBN-13
9780300207248
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Authors
John McAleer, Nigel Rigby

Description

James Cook, the Royal Navy and his three voyages of exploration -- The advancement of science and the increase of knowledge : charting the Pacific and enlightenment science -- Cook's Pacific : explorations and encounter in the Pacific -- Visualizing the Pacific : art, landscape and exploration in the Pacific -- Exhibiting the Pacific : collecting, recording and display -- 'Men of Captain Cook' : Pacific voyages 1785-1803 -- The strange afterlives of Captain Cook : representations and commemorations -- Cook on display : the National Maritime Museum's Cook galleries and exhibitions, 1937-2000

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