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The trial of the cannibal dog : the remarkable story of Captain Cook's encounters in the South Seas / Anne Salmond.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Salmond, Anne.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cook, James, 1728-1779--Travel--Oceania.
- Cook, James.
- Cook, James, 1728-1779.
- Explorers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Explorers.
- Travel.
- Great Britain.
- Oceania.
- Oceania--Discovery and exploration.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Oceania--Description and travel.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 506 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- In this masterful account, Salmond 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." 66 illustrations, 16 in full color.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [438]-442) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0300100922
- OCLC:
- 53009655
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