The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas
Captain Cook in the South Seas
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
25 August 2004
Summary
In this rich and stylish description by New Zealand scholar Salmond, Cook’s voyages take on a peculiar, dreamlike quality. Salmond’s claim is that Cook was far more affected by his exposure to the Polynesian world than historians have thought.
This book is fascinating as an incomparable travelogue filled with amazing stories - the sexual paradise of Tahiti, the ‘discovery’ of Hawaii, close relations with Maori, and Cook’s tragic death on the beach in Hawaii.
The ‘trial’ of the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141021331 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141021330 |
| Author: | Anne Salmond |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 25 August 2004 |
| Weight: | 720g |
| Dimensions: | 52mm x 156mm x 236mm |
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Anne Salmond
Anne Salmond is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
One of New Zealand’s most prominent anthropologists and historians, Professor Salmond is the author of:
- Hui: A Study of Maori Ceremonial Gatherings
- Amiria: The Life Story of a Maori Woman
- Eruera: The Teachings of a Maori Elder (winner of a Wattie Book Award in 1981) (co-written with Eruera Stirling)
Among her other acclaimed works are:
- Two Worlds: First Meetings between Maori and Europeans, 1642-1772
- Between Worlds: Early Exchanges between Maori and Europeans, 1773-1815 (winner of the Ernest Scott Prize in 1998)
- The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas (winner of the Montana Medal for Non-fiction in 2004)
- Aphrodite’s Island: The European Discovery of Tahiti
- Bligh: William Bligh in the South Seas (a finalist in the 2012 NZ Post Book Awards)
She received the CBE for services to literature and the Maori people in 1988 and was made Dame Commander of the British Empire for services to New Zealand history in 1995. In 2009, she was elected as a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) for her excellence in scientific research.
She lives in Devonport, Auckland.
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