Captain Cook : explorations and reassessments /: explorations and reassessments. (2004)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Glyndwr Williams.
• Other Names: Williams, Glyndwr
• Contents: ILLUSTRATIONS; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction; Part I: The Years in England; 1. Cook's nursery: Whitby's eighteenth-century merchant fleet; 2. 'Remember me to my good friend Captain Walker': James Cook and the North Yorkshire Quakers; 3. James Cook and the Royal Society; Part II: The Pacific Voyages; 4. 'Notwithstanding our signs to the contrary': textuality and authority at the Endeavour River, June to August 1771; 5. Tute: the impact of Polynesia on Captain Cook; 6. Some thoughts on Native Hawaiian attitudes towards Captain Cook. 7. Captain Cook's command of knowledge and space: chronicles from Nootka SoundPart III: Captain Cook and his Contemporaries; 8. A comparison of the charts produced during the Pacific voyages of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville and James Cook; 9. Successors and rivals to Cook: the French and the Spaniards; 10. Russian responses to the voyages of Captain Cook; Part IV: The Legacy of Captain Cook; 11. Redeeming memory: the martyrdoms of Captain James Cook and Reverend John Williams; 12. 'As befits our age, there are no more heroes': reassessing Captain Cook.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK Rochester, NY, USA : Boydell Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 910/.92 B; Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century; TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Adventurers & Explorers; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical; TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks; TRAVEL -- Budget; TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism; TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds; TRAVEL -- Reference; TRAVEL -- Road Travel; TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Adventure; Discovery and exploration, British; Explorers; Voyages around the world; Ontdekkingsreizen; Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- British; Great Britain; Oceania; Oceanië; Electronic books; Biography; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846152528; 1846152526
• Related ISBNs: 1843831007
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.