Cook’s Pacific encounters. The Cook-Forster Collection of the Georg-August University of Gottingen.

Canberra : National Museum of Australia, 2006. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. xiv; 110, illustrated. Ephemera enclosed.

“Cook’s Pacific Encounters brings together objects from the Cook-Forster collection of the Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany, and materials related to Cook’s voyages held in Australian collections. The Cook-Forster collection comprises artefacts collected during the three Pacific voyages of Captain James Cook. Originating from the islands of the Pacific, it is the largest identifiable collection of Cook-related objects anywhere in the world. This is the first time these unique objects, untouched by European influence, have been shown in Australia.”