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The Pacific

In the Wake of Captain Cook, with Sam Neill

Author: Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios and Alan King  

A rich, complex and engaging account of Cook's voyages across the Pacific in which Sam Neill retraces Cook's footsteps, in the 250th anniversary year of Cook's first voyage.

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A rich, complex and engaging account of Cook's voyages across the Pacific in which Sam Neill retraces Cook's footsteps, in the 250th anniversary year of Cook's first voyage.

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Captain James Cook first set sail to the Pacific in 1768 – 250 years ago. These vast waters, one third of the earth’s surface, had not yet been mapped by European explorers – but they were not unknown. A rich diversity of people and cultures had navigated, traded, lived and fought here for thousands of years. Before Cook, the Pacific was disconnected from the power and ideas of Europe, Asia and America. In the wake of Cook, everything changed.Inspired by the Foxtel series of the same name, in which actor and raconteur Sam Neill undertakes a deeply personal journey to map his own understanding of Europe’s greatest navigator and the immense Pacific Ocean itself, The Pacific is a vivid account of the people, civilisations and cultures Cook encountered, and the impact on their lives following contact. This is a rich, lively and engaging account of history, people and place, that draws on both historical and present day perspectives and gives voice to both sides of the beach.Fascinating, engaging, compelling and vital, this is our history – but not as you know it.

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About the Author

Meaghan has written and researched several series for Australian television, including the Logie-nominated series, The Pacific in the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill, Shane Delia’s Spice Journey: Turkey and Gourmet Farmer Afloat and also works as a researcher on other major film and television productions including The Sydney Mardi Gras Parade, Adam Liaw’s Destination Flavour: China, The Water Diviner, Australia: The Story of Us and Doctor Doctor. She also writes regularly for The Guardian, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and The Saturday Paper on art and culture, and is the Australia/NZ correspondent for the UK-based publication, Research Professional News.Meaghan’s first novel was an adaptation of the script for Russell Crowe’s feature, The Water Diviner, which was published by Pan Macmillan and sold over 45,000 copies in Australia and internationally. She is represented by Curtis Brown Australia, and in 2018, her novel The Honourable Thief, was published by Pan Macmillan, with the sequel, The Emerald Tablet, published in 2019. In 2018, Harper Collins also published Meaghan’s book, The Pacific: In the Footsteps of Captain Cook with Sam Neill.Meaghan lives in inner-city Melbourne with her screenwriter husband, their two children, a dog, a geriatric chicken named ‘Black Ops’ and two cats. Alan is an Australian actor and filmmaker, who has been working professionally in television, theatre and film for over 25 years. His work has been awarded both locally and internationally. A well-known voice on Australian radio and television, Alan has narrated over 70 unabridged audiobook titles. When he gets the time, Alan loves to paint and his work has been exhibited at various galleries and art spaces around Melbourne, including the Victorian College of the Arts where he completed his Bachelor of Fine Art in 2006.

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Product Details

Publisher
Bolinda Publishing | Bolinda/HarperCollins Audio
Published
28th November 2018
Pages
464
ISBN
9781460798157

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