Cook’s Tour: Captain James Cook’s Voyages in the Pacific, 1768, 1772, and 1776

Abstract

"Cook’s Tour: Captain James Cook’s Voyages in the Pacific, 1768, 1772, and 1776" poster and postcard for the 2017 winter term exhibit in the A.M. Todd Rare Book Room. The exhibit ran from January 3 - March 9, 2017. The engraved plates used in the marketing materials were published in Captain James Cook’s Voyages of Discovery. Plates include: “A Man of the Sandwich Islands, with his Helmet,” “A Young Woman of the Sandwich Islands,” “A Man of Oonalashka,” “A Woman of Kamtschatka,” “Poulao, King of the Friendly Islands,” and “A Woman of Prince William’s Sound.” Exhibit curated by Paul Smithson.