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Bezig met laden... The Return of Lono: A Novel of Captain Cook's Last Voyage (1955)door O. A. Bushnell
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. An extremely well written historical of a very different sort- set in 18th-century Hawaii (the Big Island, to be specific), it is about the second visit of Captain James Cook's third exploratory expedition to Hawaii after a summer sojourn in Alaska. Spoiler alert here, but the natives end up killing Cook, most likely after a series of cultural misunderstandings between the two cultures. The written prose is excellent, and Bushnell, a native of Hawaii of European descent, is both sensitive in exploring his characters' motivations and emotions (on both the British and Hawaiian sides). He is also a scholar, and his descriptions were accurate and multi-dimensional. Before reading this, I read up on Cook and his last voyage, which I found very useful in understanding everything that happened (helped me to focus on the writing rather than trying to figure out what was going on at each turn). Highly recommended for those interested in Hawaiian and Pacific history and the age of exploration. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
This story is a fictional reconstruction of the momentous visit to the island of Hawaii in 1779 by Captain James Cook and his company aboard H.M.S. Resolution and Discovery. The natives believed this first white visitor to be Lono, their long-awaited god of agriculture and the harvest. Realizing the benefits of being thought a god, Cook did nothing to dispel the misconception. Although most of his crew thoroughly enjoyed the pleasures offered by the island paradise, some men, including Ship's Master William Bligh (later captain of H.M.S. Bounty) and the American colonist John Ledyard, feared and resented the false position taken by their practical captain. In the quiet rebellion that followed, Captain Cook, a scientist and a man of reason, would not be persuaded by the convictions of his religious antagonist, who believed the mission doomed to failure because of his blasphemous acts. The accuracy of their predictions is left for the reader to decide. The story is told by Jonathan Forrest, a midshipman on Cook's flagship, the Resolution. Through his eyes are shown many scenes of shipboard and island life, the thoughts and actions of the ill-fated captain, and the events leading ultimately to the tragedy which affected the first Europeans to visit the Hawaiian Islands. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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