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This vivid book retells the story of Captain Cook's great voyages
in the South Seas, focusing on the encounters between the explorers
and the island peoples they "discovered." While Cook and his men
were initially confounded by the Polynesians, they were also
curious. Cook and his crew soon formed friendships-and often more
intimate relationships-with the islanders. The islanders, who
initially were not certain if the Englishmen were even human, came
to experiment with Western customs and in some cases joined the
voyagers on their expeditions. But familiarity quickly bred
contempt. Shipboard discipline was threatened by these new
relationships, and the culture of the islands was also changed
forever. Captain Cook, initially determined to act as an
enlightened leader, saw his resolve falter during the third voyage.
Amicable relations turned hostile, culminating in Cook's violent
death on the shores of Hawaii. In this masterful account of Cook's
voyages, Anne Salmond-a preeminent authority on the history of the
south seas-reimagines two worlds that collided in the eighteenth
century, and the enduring impact of that collision.
A landmark book about four remarkable museum expeditions that
contributed to a recovery of Maori society. From 1919 to 1923, at
Sir Apirana Ngata's initiative, a team from the Dominion Museum
travelled to tribal areas across Te Ika-a-Maui The North Island to
record tikanga Maori (ancestral practices) that Ngata feared might
be disappearing. These ethnographic expeditions, the first in the
world to be inspired and guided by indigenous leaders, used
cutting-edge technologies that included cinematic film and wax
cylinders to record fishing techniques, art forms (weaving,
kowhaiwhai, kapa haka and moteatea), ancestral rituals and everyday
life in the communities they visited. The team visited the 1919 Hui
Aroha in Gisborne, the 1920 welcome to the Prince of Wales in
Rotorua, and communities along the Whanganui River (1921) and in
Tairawhiti (1923). Medical doctor-soldier-ethnographer Te
Rangihiroa (Sir Peter Buck), the expedition's photographer and
film-maker James McDonald, the ethnologist Elsdon Best and Turnbull
Librarian Johannes Andersen recorded a wealth of material. This
beautifully illustrated book tells the story of these expeditions,
and the determination of early twentieth century Maori leaders,
including Ngata, Te Rangihiroa, James Carroll, and those in the
communities they visited, to pass on ancestral tikanga 'hei taonga
mo nga uri whakatipu' as treasures for a rising generation.
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Oceania (Hardcover)
Peter Brunt, Nicholas Thomas; Contributions by Noelle Kahanu, Emmanuel Kasarherou, Sean Mallon, …
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R1,940
R1,590
Discovery Miles 15 900
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From the remote shores of Rapa Nui to the dense rainforest of Papua
New Guinea, the islands of the Pacific are home to some of the most
culturally diverse populations on the planet. The region embraces
an extraordinary range of art forms, from delicate shell ornaments
to spectacularly decorated canoes and meeting houses. These have
fascinated outsiders since the exploratory voyages of Captain Cook,
the first of which commenced 250 years ago in 1768, and went on to
entrance Gauguin and a host of other European artists. This volume
accompanies a major survey in London and Paris of art from Oceania.
It brings together the most up-to-date scholarship by the leading
experts in the field, encompassing a dazzling array of objects from
the region, including many that have never been published before.
Also included are many works that have historically been
overlooked, such as painted and woven textiles, elaborate wicker
assemblages and expressively sculpted vessels, alongside works by
artists working in Oceania today. Objects of great aesthetic
beauty, these artworks are the product of a complex web of social,
mythological and historical influences.
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