Eleanor C. Nordyke

Pacific images : views from captain Cook's third voyage

Hawaiian historical society

Honolulu, 1999
bibliothèque insulaire

      
peintres des îles
parutions 1999
Pacific images : views from captain Cook's third voyage : engravings and descriptions from A voyage to the Pacific Ocean, volumes I, II, and III, and the Atlas by Captain James Cook and Captain James King, published as the official edition of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in London, 1784 / Eleanor C. Nordyke ; in collaboration with James A. Mattison, Jr. - Honolulu : Hawaiian historical society, 1999. - XXVI-174 p. : ill., maps ; 28x29 cm.
ISBN 0-945048-04-1
NOTE DE L'ÉDITEUR : This book reproduces the engraved plates made from John Webber’s drawings on Cook’s third voyage to the Pacific Ocean. The engravings are paired with narratives that describe the images from the journals kept by Cook and his officers. Webber’s drawings provide a pictorial record of each major landfall in the Pacific.

The author has added an introduction and biographical sketches of Webber and the twenty-four engravers who rendered his drawings. The book will appeal to anyone with an interest in the early history of Hawai‘i and the Pacific, and it will be a welcome addition to the reference shelf or coffee table of collectors of Hawai‘i and Pacific books. Winner of two Pele Awards for art design from the American Advertising Federation.

mise-à-jour : 19 janvier 2009

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