James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific chronicles Captain James Cook’s penetration into the vast spaces of the Pacific that changed Europe’s view of the world.
Exploration in order to gain knowledge was a key characteristic of the Enlightenment, and it is thanks to Cook and the botanists, scholars and artists who accompanied him that [...]

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