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Paperback Passing Worlds: Tahiti in the Era of Captain Cook Book

ISBN: 0807168238

ISBN13: 9780807168233

Passing Worlds: Tahiti in the Era of Captain Cook

In Passing Worlds, Elizabeth Holmes gives us poems that imagine the historic voyages to Tahiti of Captain James Cook on the Dolphin and Endeavor. The poems examine both imperialism and exploration from various points of view, including a Tahitian priest, native girls stolen from their families, Captain Cook, and lowly sailors living on shipboard.The voyages brought back impressive stores of knowledge on new plant and animal specimens, and Captain...

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