The Apotheosis of Captain Cook
Subtitle: European Mythmaking in the Pacific
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Published: March 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780691036212
Subjects: Anthropology; Australasian & Pacific history; Biography: general; Cultural studies; Australasia, Oceania & Other Land Areas; General; Sociology; Literature: Folklore/Mythology
First sentence: When the great navigator and "discoverer" of Polynesia James Cook landed on the shores of Hawai'i on Sunday, 17 January 1779, during the festival of Makahiki, he was greeted as the returning god Lono.