The Remarkable Voyages of Captain CookWith her brilliant economy of style, Blumberg tells of the three major voyages of Captain Cook that brought our understanding of the globe into focus and introduced Europeans to the cultures of such exotic places as Hawaii, Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia. 70 black-and-white prints. Maps. |
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... Tahiti , an island that sounded like paradise . " Without bothering to consult its people — a well - established explorer's habit - Wallis had claimed it for the Crown and named it King George III Island . " Queen " Purea of Tahiti ...
... Tahiti , an island that sounded like paradise . " Without bothering to consult its people — a well - established explorer's habit - Wallis had claimed it for the Crown and named it King George III Island . " Queen " Purea of Tahiti ...
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Rhoda Blumberg. 3. PACIFIC PARADISE TAHITI , extolled as a magnificent tropical island with abun- dant food and affectionate people ! Some of the Endeavour's men had been on the Dolphin with Captain Wallis when he discovered Tahiti two ...
Rhoda Blumberg. 3. PACIFIC PARADISE TAHITI , extolled as a magnificent tropical island with abun- dant food and affectionate people ! Some of the Endeavour's men had been on the Dolphin with Captain Wallis when he discovered Tahiti two ...
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... Tahiti ( ans ) , 22 , 24-25 , 30 , 70 Batavia , 44-46 Bayly , William , 55 , 78 , 106 Behm , Major , 118-120 Bering , Vitus , 98 Bering Sea / Strait , 98 , 102 , 120 Boats and ships , 6 , 44 , 45. See also names of ships of Hawaii , 92 ...
... Tahiti ( ans ) , 22 , 24-25 , 30 , 70 Batavia , 44-46 Bayly , William , 55 , 78 , 106 Behm , Major , 118-120 Bering , Vitus , 98 Bering Sea / Strait , 98 , 102 , 120 Boats and ships , 6 , 44 , 45. See also names of ships of Hawaii , 92 ...
Contents
An Unknown Continent | 1 |
THE FIRST VOYAGE 17681771 | 13 |
Pacific Paradise | 21 |
Copyright | |
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Admiralty Adventure American anchored animals Antarctic Antarctic Circle Arctic artist astronomer Atlantic Australia Banks's Batavia boats British canoes Cape Captain Cook Captain James Cook Charles Clerke charted chief clothing coast Cook felt Cook set crew Dalrymple discovered Easter Island Endeavour Journal Enderby Land England English European expedition explorers fascinating feathers fish Friendly Islands Furneaux Gore Hawaii Hawaiians head honor Hope huge human Ibid icebergs John Joseph Banks Journals of Captain Kamchatka killed King George King Kalaniopuu land leave Ledyard Lieutenant King Lono Lono's Maoris maps marines Marquesas miles natives navigator never Nootka Sound Northwest Passage officers Pacific Ocean paradise priest Purea Resolution and Discovery returned Rhoda Blumberg Royal Society Russian sailors Samwell's Journal Sandwich scurvy second voyage servants ship's shore South Seas stay stopover Sydney Parkinson Tahiti Tahitians Tasman Tropic Tupia Unalaska Unknown Southern Continent Venus visited Wallis weeks women Zealand