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Cook and the Pacific : with essays / by John Maynard, Susannah Helman and Martin Woods.

Cook and the Pacific : with essays / by John Maynard, Susannah Helman and Martin Woods.
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ISBN 9780642279231
Title Cook and the Pacific : with essays / by John Maynard, Susannah Helman and Martin Woods.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Canberra, ACT : NLA Publishing, [2018]
©2018.
Description vii, 184 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 30 cm.
Note Book accompanying the exhibition Cook and the Pacific, held at the National Library of Australia from 22 September 2018 to 10 February 2019.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 181) and index.
Contents Minister's foreword -- Foreword -- "I'm Captain Cooked" : Aboriginal perspectives on James Cook, 1770-2020 / by John Maynard -- Cook and the Pacific / by Susannah Helman and Martin Woods -- 1. Who is James Cook and where did he come from? -- 2. Navigating the Pacific -- 3. Totaiete Mä -- 4. South Pacific -- 5. New Holland -- 6. North Pacific -- 7. Collecting Cook -- 8. Cook after Cook.
Summary Cook led a scientific expedition to observe the transit of Venus in Tahiti, circumnavigated New Zealand and established that it was two separate islands, and nearly perished when the Endeavour ran aground on the world's largest coral reef. In 1779, on his third Pacific voyage, he was killed in Hawaii. Cook's three Pacific voyages changed contemporary understanding of the world. But they also had a dramatic impact on the lives of those who inhabited the vast regions Cook explored. For many First Nations peoples, this was merely part of a long saga of dispossession and struggle for survival. While Cook and the Pacific tells the story of cooperation and cultural exchange, it also details confrontation and conflict. The book has a strong First Nations voice, reflected in the essay by John Maynard. The Library's collections provide a window into Cook and his complex legacy. Cook and the Pacific allows audiences to celebrate, debate, question and understand the voyage of the Endeavour-shedding new light on Cook, the man and the myth. It explores Cook's contribution to science and navigation as well as his contribution to knowledge of the Pacific.
Exhibitions note Book accompanying the exhibition Cook and the Pacific, held at the National Library of Australia from 22 September 2018 to 10 February 2018
Subjects Cook, James, -- 1728-1779 -- Exhibitions
Voyages around the world -- 18th century -- Exhibitions
First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners -- Pacific Area -- Exhibitions
Pacific Area -- Discovery and exploration -- Exhibitions
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons Maynard, John, 1954- (author)
Helman, Susannah (author.)
Woods, Martin P. (Martin Paul), 1957- (author.)
Other Corporate Bodies National Library of Australia
Call number 2019.001
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A00820597 2019.001
General Collection   . Available to Museum Staff .  
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