Science and Exploration in the Pacific: European Voyages ...
Frost, Alan / Turnbull, David / Lincoln, Margarette
The exploration of the Pacific in the eighteenth century by western Europeans has an enduring fascination for both specialists and a wider public. Within this field, Cook's voyages have a particular appeal: they include exciting elements of danger, scientific investigation, encounters between different cultures. The essays in this volume take as their point of departure Cook's first voyage in the Endeavour (1768-71), they re-evaluate its polit...