Life in the Pacific of the 1700s : the Cook/Forster Collection of the Georg August University of Gottingen : an exhibition held at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii February 23-May 14, 2006, the National Museum of Australia, Canberra, June 22-September 10, 2006 / [Stephen Little, Peter Ruthenberg, editors] ; organized by the Honolulu Academy of Arts in cooperation with the Institute of Cultural and Social Anthropology of the Georg August University of Gottingen.

Format
Book
Language
  • English
  • Hawaiian
Published/​Created
  • [Honolulu] : Honolulu Academy of Arts, [2006]
  • ©2006
Description
3 volumes : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, facsimiles ; 30 cm

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  • Vol. 1-v. 3 (published in 2006

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    Summary note
    The 3 volume set for Life in the Pacific in the 1700s document the Honolulu Academy of Arts exhibition of the same name--one of the most important ever organized in Hawai'i. The exhibition gave access to hundreds of artefacts collected by Capt. Cook during his second and third voyages into the Pacific allowing you to view full colour images of the material culture artefacts, with very basic descriptions.
    Notes
    • V. 1. Artifacts from the Life in the Pacific of the 1700s : the Cook Forster Collection of the Georg August University of Gottingen -- v. 2. European research, traditions, and perspectives -- v. 3. Pacific knowledge, traditions, and perspectives.
    • Vol. 2 co-edited by: Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin, Gundolf Krüger.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (v. 3, p. 103-120).
    Contents
    • v. 1. Artifacts from the Life in the Pacific of the 1700s : the Cook Forster Collection of the Georg August University of Gottingen
    • v. 2. European research, traditions, and perspectives
    • v. 3. Pacific knowledge, traditions, and perspectives.
    Other title(s)
    Cook/Forster Collection of the Georg August University of Gottingen
    ISBN
    • 9780937426715
    • 0937426717
    LCCN
    2016497024
    OCLC
    66174341
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