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Reimagining Captain Cook: Pacific Perspectives
On the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's extraordinary voyages of exploration, this publication reflects on the charts the enduring legacies of his encounters with Pacific peoples. Objects collected and images made on or associated with the voyages are explored alongside artworks created by contemporary artists from the Pacific region. Together, they reveal that understanding or history are rarely agreed and always shifting, while Cook and the impacts of his voyages are reimagined as complex, contentious and unresolved.
64 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2019
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March 31, 2025
Companion to the 2019 exhibition at the British Museum to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook’s voyages of exploration. Reflects on the enduring legacies of his encounters with Pacific peoples. Objects collected and images made on or associated with the voyages are explored alongside artworks created by contemporary artists from the Pacific region.
Some good photographs of wonderful artefacts. Limited ethnographic interpretations.
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