JAMES COOK
Subtitle: and the Exploration of the Pacific
Author: L. Perrois
Material Type: Exhibition Catalogue. Travelling exhibition in Bonn (August 2009 Fév.2010), Vienna (May-Sept.2010) and Bern (Oct.2010–Fév.2011)
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd, London, 2009. Hardcover cardboard editor shown in color, illustrated dust jacket in good condition color, size: 25.5 x 28.5 cm, ISBN 978-0-500-51516-7
Content: 276 p, 10 ill.. b / w, 659 ill. col., 11 maps, biblio., catalog of 598 objects reproduced, Appendix
Additional information: original edition
State of the work: Very good condition
Description
Three Cook’s voyages in the Pacific (1768 -72, 1772-75 and 1776-79) and his mysterious death in Hawaii shaped his legendary greatest explorer of the Enlightenment. Human Science (ethnography, mapping, measuring Botanical longitudes, astronomy), he was also a huge collector of ethnographic objects scattered in the curio cabinets of princes and scientific institutions. This catalog of the German exhibition dedicated to Captain James Cook recounts three explorer travels through more than 500 botanical and ethnographic pieces. Meanwhile, beautiful pictorial works of William Hodges and John Weber show the exalted vision that passed these explorers landscapes and exotic peoples of the South Seas. The book, published on the occasion of a major exhibition in Bonn, Vienna and Bern brings together the largest share and is in the final selection of the International Award of tribal art book award from the magazine Tribal Arts.
Additional information
| Weight | 2010 g |
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| Dimensions | 25.5 × 28.5 cm |
