James Cook: The Voyages - Couverture rigide

Frame, William; Walker, Laura

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0773552863 ISBN 13 : 9780773552869

Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2018

Synopsis

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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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0773552863
• ISBN 13: 9780773552869
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
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