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Pac.DU626.O28 1992
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TITLE:
The apotheosis of Captain Cook : European mythmaking in the Pacific / Gananath Obeyesekere.
AUTHOR:
Obeyesekere, Gananath.
PUBLISHED:
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press ; Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press, c1992.
DESCRIPTION:
xvii, 251 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
NOTES:
"This book has been composed in Adobe Caslon"
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-244) and index.
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Booklist
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New York Times Book Review
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Examines the discrepancies between Cook the legend and the person based on shipboard journals and logs in the exploration of Hawaii.
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Interest level: Adult
SUBJECT:
Cook, James, 1728-1779.
SUBJECT:
Hawaii--History--To 1893.
SUBJECT:
Hawaii--History--To 1893--Historiography.
SUBJECT:
Polynesia--Discovery and exploration.
SUBJECT:
Ethnology--Polynesia.
SUBJECT:
Hawaii--History.
SUBJECT:
Polynesia--Exploration.
ADDED ENTRY:
European mythmaking in the Pacific.
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