
James Cook
The Voyages
McGill-Queen's University Press
Published on 31. March 2018
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-7735-5286-9 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
120 photos, full colour throughout
Dimensions
Height: 289 mm
Width: 233 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
1361 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-5286-9 (9780773552869)
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Persons
William Frame is head of modern archives and manuscripts at the British Library.
Laura Walker is lead curator of modern archives and manuscripts, 1850-1950, at the British Library.
Laura Walker is lead curator of modern archives and manuscripts, 1850-1950, at the British Library.