{"product_id":"cookvoyageencounters","title":"Cook Voyage Encounters","description":"\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive guide to the objects associated with the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003evoyages of James Cook held at New Zealand's National Museum. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlmost 250 years after James Cook first sighted Aotearoa New Zealand in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOctober 1769, there is still world-wide interest in all aspects of his three voyages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eof exploration in the Pacific between 1768 and 1779: discovery (by Europeans),\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eastronomy, natural science, and interactions with indigenous communities. For\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003emany people, the ‘artificial curiosities’ – works of human manufacture from exotic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003elocations – collected on these voyages by Cook himself and others on his ships,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eincluding super-numenaries and servants, have held a particular fascination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this handsome book, widely respected Pacific scholar Janet Davidson details\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethe collection of Māori, Pacific and Native American objects associated with the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003evoyages held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, one of the few significant institutional collections that have not been fully described until now. Richly illustrated with over 200 images and accessibly written, it is a treasure trove.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Papa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31901633216546,"sku":"9780994136282","price":65.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/0785\/1042\/products\/2883480c986e065f511f5bb59a826f55dcf7f325.jpg?v=1587855913","url":"https:\/\/petronella.pro\/products\/cookvoyageencounters","provider":"Petronella's Gallery and Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}