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The apotheosis of Captain Cook

European mythmaking in the Pacific

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An edition of The apotheosis of Captain Cook (1992)

The apotheosis of Captain Cook

European mythmaking in the Pacific

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Princeton University Press, Bishop Museum Press
Language
English
Pages
313

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Subjects

History, Historiography, Ethnology, Discovery and exploration, Beeldvorming, Entmythologisierung, Discoveries in geography, Kulturkontakt, Kolonialismus, Mythen, Découverte et exploration britanniques, Moeurs et coutumes, Kulturanthropologie, Entdeckungsreise, Mythos, Historiographie, Bewaffneter Konflikt, Ethnologie, Cook, james, 1728-1779, Hawaii, history, Polynesia, discovery and exploration, Ethnology, polynesia, Civilization, western, America, discovery and exploration, Barrie, j. m. (james matthew), 1860-1937, Myth, Pacific area, history, Histoire, Découverte et exploration, Ontdekkingsreizen, Mythevorming

People

James Cook (1728-1779)

Places

Hawaii, Polynesia

Times

To 1893

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Cover of: The apotheosis of Captain Cook
The apotheosis of Captain Cook: European mythmaking in the Pacific
1997, Princeton University Press, Bishop Museum Press
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The apotheosis of Captain Cook: European mythmaking in the Pacific : with a new afterword by the author
1997, Princeton University Press, Bishop Museum Press
in English
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Cover of: The Apotheosis of Captain Cook
The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific
March 1994, Princeton Univ Pr
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Cover of: The apotheosis of Captain Cook
The apotheosis of Captain Cook: European mythmaking in the Pacific
1992, Princeton University Press, Bishop Museum Press
in English
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Cover of: Apotheosis of Captain Cook
Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific
1992, Princeton U.P.
in English
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-306) and index.

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Princeton, N.J, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
996.9/02
Library of Congress
DU626 .O28 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxi, 313 p. :
Number of pages
313

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OL439164M
ISBN 10
0691056803, 0691057524, 0930897684
LCCN
98149683
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157439
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1785097
477563

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When the great navigator and "discoverer" of Polynesia James Cook landed on the shores of Hawai'i on Sunday, 17 January 1779, during the festival of Makahiki, he was greeted as the returning god Lono.
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