Captain Cook and the Pacific Islands

ill. ; 28 cmIncludes bibliographical referencesPacific Islands Studies Conference (3rd : 1978 : University of Hawaii)Editors' Introduction / Jane N. Hurd and Michiko Kodama -- Opening Remarks / Carl J. Daeufer -- Hawaii Foundation for History and the Humanities / William J. Bonk -- The Role of the Bishop Museum in the Pacific / Edward C. Creutz -- Introductory Remarks / Jane N. Hurd -- The Yorkshire Haunts of Captain Cook / John Charles -- Some Historical Materials that Relate to the Pre-Captain Cook Pacific in Continental European Institutions / Richard Mayer -- Some British Sources of Information on Voyages to Hawaii, 1786-1820 / Bruce Palmer -- The Scientific Significance of Cook's Third Voyage / Charles H. Lamoureux -- The Consequences of Cook's Hawaiian Contacts on the Local Population / Peter N. D. Pirie -- Agricultural Pattern and Nutritional Status of People in the South Pacific Countries / Yeuh-Heng Yang -- Captain Cook and Pacific Islanders: "All Imaginable Humanity"? / Timothy J. Macnaught -- Mental Health in the Pacific / Kenneth O. Sanborn -- Interests and Dependencies: The Pacific After Cook / Craig Severence -- Summation and Closing Remarks / James McCutcheon

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Editors' Introduction

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