The apotheosis of Captain Cook : European mythmaking in the Pacific /

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"In January 1778 Captain James Cook "discovered" the Hawaiian islands and was hailed by the native peoples as their returning god Lono. On a return trip, after a futile attempt to discover the Northwest Passage, Cook was killed in what modern anthropologists and historians interpret a...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Obeyesekere, Gananath (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Honolulu, Hawaii : Princeton University Press : Bishop Museum Press, ©1992.
Subjects:
Cook, James, > 1728-1779.
Cook, James > 1728-1779
Obeyesekere, Gananath > 1930- > The apotheosis of James Cook
Cook, James.
To 1893
Ethnology > Polynesia.
Ethnologie > Polynésie.
HISTORY / Asia / General
Discoveries in geography.
Ethnology.
Historiography.
Mythos
Ontdekkingsreizen.
Mythevorming.
Hawaii > History > To 1893.
Hawaii > History > To 1893 > Historiography.
Polynesia > Discovery and exploration.
Hawaii > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1893.
Hawaii > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1893 > Historiographie.
Polynésie > Découverte et exploration.
Hawaii.
Polynesia.
Polynesien
Exploration
Oceania
History.
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