Captain Cook’s Hawaii by Anthony Murray-Oliver

Captain Cook’s Hawaii

As Seen by His Artists

by Anthony Murray-Oliver

Millwood Press, 1975, [First Edition], colour and black and white photographs and plates throughout, illustrated endpapers (maps), colour frontispiece, illustrated title page, hardcover with gilded lettering and decoration, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners inscription on front endpaper, dustjacket shows minor edge and shelf war with a little rubbing and bumping (see photographs)

“As well as proving an immensely readable account of the great navigator’s life and work, “Captain Cook’s Hawaii as seen by his Artis” focusses particularly on his third and final voyage of discovery in the Pacific.  Against this background, the author studies in some detail the output of the artists and draughtsman associated with that last voyage, and the adaptations of their work by other well-known artists and academicians of the day.  A representative selection of the work of both groups, drawn from important collections in museums and galleries all over the world, is reproduced in “Captain Cook’s Hawaii”.  Where possible and appropriate each work has been reproduced in its entirety in conjunction with enlargements m=which enable closer study in detail.  Generous captioning of the plates and cross references throughout the text have also been provided.”