
Captain Cook Was Here
Maria Nugent(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 5. May 2009
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-521-76240-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a dramatic and lively account of the encounters between Captain Cook, his crew and the Indigenous people of Australia during the Endeavour's first landing at Botany Bay, on Australia's east coast in 1770. These encounters were marked by poise, fragility, humanity, intrigue, fear, confusion and regret. The book brings together for the first time all the known surviving objects collected, and all the visual material produced, during Cook's time on shore, and incorporates them into the history told. The story about cross-cultural encounters in 1770 is complemented by stories told in art, word and performance by both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians over two centuries or more. The book includes a rich store of historical and contemporary visual images, which are used to show the way in which the meanings and interpretations of these encounters have changed over time.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
473 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-76240-3 (9780521762403)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Maria Nugent is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Historical Research at the National Museum of Australia.
Content
Prologue; Part I. In the Beginning: The first day; Always beginning; The first day continued; Part II. In Between: The second day; The third day; The fourth day; The fifth day; The sixth day; The seventh day; Part III. In the End: The eighth day; Never ending; The Endeavour sails; Sources; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Index.