Discoveries

The Voyages of Captain Cook

Nicholas Thomas

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English

Penguin
16 April 2018

History; General & world history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Geographical discovery & exploration

A beautifully re-imaged account of Captain Cook's great voyages through the Pacific.

Cook's great voyages marked the end of an era in world history. As he sailed into Hawaii in January 1778 he made contact with the last of the human civilizations to grow up independently of the rest of the world. But equally for the Polynesians and Melanesians of the Pacific, Cook's arrival in their midst merely marked a further (if disastrous) twist in diverse histories already many centuries old.

In this immensely enjoyable and absorbing book Cook's journeys are reimagined, attempting toleave behind (or master) our later preoccupations to let us see what Cook and his associates experienced and what the societies he encountered experienced - from the Beothuks of Newfoundland to the Tongans of the Friendly Islands.

By: Nicholas Thomas
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 351g
ISBN: 9780141986715
ISBN 10: 0141986719
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 16 April 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nicholas Thomas has been Director of Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology since 2006. He visited the Pacific Islands first in 1984 to research his PhD thesis on the Marquesas Islands and later worked in Fiji and New Zealand, as well as in many archives and museum collections in Europe, North America, and the Pacific.His books include Entangled Objects (1991), Oceanic Art (1995), Discoveries: the voyages of Captain Cook (2003), and Islanders: the Pacific in the Age of Empire (2010), which was awarded the Wolfson History Prize.

Reviews for Discoveries: The Voyages of Captain Cook

Rich, vivid and deeply provocative, Thomas's work combines premiere adventure story with thorough history and intensive sociology * Publishers Weekly * Epic ... A writer of the rarest quality...wonderful...the definitive volume for this moment in our history -- Simon Winchester Valuable and vivid * Times Literary Supplement * A fabulous new book ... focuses on the extraordinary encounters between Cook's salt-encrusted mariners and the colourful Pacific islanders -- Giles Milton * Living History *