Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks, The : 1768-1771 (2 VOLUME SET)

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v.2; p.52-56; Near La Perouse – natives with canoes sighted, armed with long pikes & swords, body painting, landing party take lances, physical appearance; p.75; Repulse Bay – canoes with outriggers; p.91-97; Endeavour R. – Outrigger canoes, spears with throwers, bones through septum, small physique noted, body painting, ornaments; p.103; Framework of shelters on Lizard Is.; p.122-137; Bags of netting, physical appearance, nasal septum pierced, shells used as beads, hairs belts; foods – fish, turtle (method of capturing) vegetable foods, cooking, habitations, types of water buckets; shell fish hooks, firing of grass, weapons; shield (Sting-Rays Bay); canoes; (These pages summarize subjects from both areas); Word list (possibly Koko-Yimidir) of 38 words.
2 v. : ill., maps, ports., plates ; 24 cm. #180323 First Edition
Two volumes, octavo, with 18 colour and 80 monochrome natural history and scenic plates; a fine set in the original red cloth. Indispensable scholarly reference to Banks’ life and work, the standard and scholarly edition of Bank’s Endeavour journal. Profusely illustrated, it includes appendices of documents and lengthy annotations. Beaglehole, the pre-eminent scholar of South Pacific exploration and editor of Cook’s journals, has provided a detailed biographical introduction, painting a full picture of Banks’ life until his Pacific departure and giving the reader a full context for the ensuing Endeavour journals. This handsome set features eighteen colour and eighty monochrome natural history and scenic plates of work by the remarkably talented Sidney Parkinson, official illustrator for the voyage.
Endeavour (Ship) | Voyages and travels. | Transport – Water – Canoes. | Habitation. | Fishing – Fish hooks. | Food. | Hunting – Turtle. | Art – Crafts – Bead works. | Guugu Yimidhirr / Gugu Yimithirr / Kuku Yimidhirr language (Y82) (Qld SD55-13) | Food – Seafood – Fish. | Language – Vocabulary – Word lists. | Weapons – Shields. | Technology – Containers – Water carriers. | Environment – Land management – Fire. | Art – Body art. | Guugu Yimidhirr / Gugu Yimithirr / Kuku Yimidhirr people (Y82) (Qld SD55-13) | Fishing – Fish nets. | Weapons – Spears. | Costume and clothing – Nose pegs and piercing. | Food – Meat – Turtle. | Technology – Bags. | Food – Preparation – Cooking – Plants. | Animals – Fish – Stingrays. | Food- Meat – Turtle. | Costume and clothing – Belts and waistbands. | Endeavour River (Qld SE Cape York SD55-13) | Lizard Island (Qld SE Cape York SD55-09) | La Perouse (S Sydney NSW SI56-05)